Medicine man of Rephyim in a fit

B&W photographic print. 'Yimbomo was a famous "medicine man" or "tiger man". Twom men were required to restain him. Tiger men have a parallel soul in a wild cat, often a leopard, and they are said to have special powers such as healing abilities and being able to foretell the future. If the w...

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Date(s) of creation: April 1919
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004480
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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