Pig imitation and basket hung on a pole as sacrifice

B&W photographic print. '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...

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Date(s) of creation: [1918-1926]
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004590
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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