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Plate C · Witchcraft and Medicine

Vol. XI (1953) · full-page plate
Above left: SORCERERS ENGAGED IN THEIR PRACTICES (1934). Mariannini Mission (Africa). Above right: A YOUNG WARRIOR consults a witch to obtain remedies for protection against the evil eye and spells (1935). Mariannini Mission (Africa). Below left: A WITCH-DOCTOR induces a sick man, submissive and trusting, to a series of complicated acts intended to cure him of his illness (1939). Eshowe Mission (Africa). Below right: A LITTLE INDIAN GIRL OF THE KUNA TRIBE, ill, with beside her a hundred idols which, according to the advice of the witch-doctor, will cure her (1936) - Uraba (Colombia).
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Plate C
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Plate C
Plate C
Above left: SORCERERS ENGAGED IN THEIR PRACTICES (1934). Mariannini Mission (Africa). Above right: A YOUNG WARRIOR consults a witch to obtain remedies for protection against the evil eye and spells (1935). Mariannini Mission (Africa). Below left: A WITCH-DOCTOR induces a sick man, submissive and trusting, to a series of complicated acts intended to cure him of his illness (1939). Eshowe Mission (Africa). Below right: A LITTLE INDIAN GIRL OF THE KUNA TRIBE, ill, with beside her a hundred idols which, according to the advice of the witch-doctor, will cure her (1936) - Uraba (Colombia).

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