Pig imitation and basket hung on a pole as sacrifice (Image number K.034, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)
It is not only evil spirits that can cause illness. Sometimes if a man complains of illness after killing a particular animal - in this case a pig - the "medicine man" may decide that the sick man is being attacked by the soul of the animal. So an old man of the sick man's clan sacrif...
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Pig imitation and basket hung on a pole as sacrifice (Image number K.034, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[1918-1926], ©1926.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. RSA. JPMILLS. ILOAA. |
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