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Description
Annotation translation: " ... with the sign that anyone stealing maize should get pneumonia. This medicine should cause a double pneumonia in any thief. This is indicated by there being two bundles of sharpened pieces of wood and feathers." Annotation: " ... das Zeichen für Lungenentzündung beim Stehlen von Mais. Der Zauber soll beim Dieb doppelseitige Lungenentzündung hervorrufen, an- gedeutet durch die zwei Bündel von gespitzten Hölzchen u. Federn." Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 10.9 x 8.1 cm.
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