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Pendant or receptacle, Ancient American
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'Tight-lacing' in New Guinea. A boy of the Mekeo district who has passed through initiation ceremonies and is of an age to marry.
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Coconut plantation
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Amulet 'for warding off the evils of war and sickness'.
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Amuletic necklet, made of bones of relative, Andaman Islands
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Arunta people using ungakura pointing apparatus.
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Amuletic objects of stone in the form of a hand, Bolivia.
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Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of square plaques, decorated.
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Amuletic stone figurines to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
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The 'tying' cure, Gour tribe, Eastern Bahs-et-Shagal, Sudan
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Illustration of Dyak tranference of suffering to inanimate substitutes. The bilian(?) has placed a wooden doll upon his patient's abdomen. It is a ganti-diu or substitute and the belian is working magic to drive the man's sickness into the doll - a process which may take a few days.
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Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
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Terracotta representation of a kneeling peasant, Africa.
S. Ntiro
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Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of a group of animals. Photographed to show their heads.
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Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of a group of animals. Photographed to show their heads.
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Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
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Terracotta representation of a kneeling peasant, Africa.
S. Ntiro
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A Tinguian making an offering to the guardian stones. The stones, in which the guardian spirits are supposed to live, are, before certain ceremonies, tied up with bark-like bands and rubbed with oil. Then the blood for a pig is mixed with rice which is scattered before them.
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Siam, native village where natives smoke cigars
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Deformation, skull showing fronto-occipital flattening
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Amulet 'for warding off the evils of war and sickness'.
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Dental amulets and charms. 1. Piece of orris root, bought in Vienna. 2. Necklace of ivory wood. 3. Amuletic necklace, Seville 4. Necklace of small shells etc. worn by children teething, Jersey.
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Artificial deformation, 2 Labrets (lip plugs), 1 lip stud
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Amuletic stone figurines to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
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Circle of twisted palm leaves used to give protection of Udo
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