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Description
Annotation translation: Caption on the rear of the photograph: "In the festival hut. On the right the boxes with bones [of deceased people] are piled one on top of the other on shelves decorated with a flag. In front two sacred pots. In the middle a sacred gong, upside down, with the Sawang plant, and filled with rice. On the left the 'Guide of Souls' sits, with the little plates of rice in front of him which he will strew over the relatives of the various deceased people. In front of the little plates of rice you can see a Sirik stand ... [reading uncertain] ... and on one plate tobacco. Behind the latter are crude bush-knifes. The brass bowl contains buffalo blood for the ceremony. (See report)." Annotation: Bildlegende auf der Rückseite des Photos: "In der Festhütte: Rechts: die aufeinander geschichteten Knochenkistchen in einem Gestell, das mit Fahnen verziert ist. Davor 2 heilige Töpfe. In der Mitte: der umgekehrte heilige Gong mit der Sawangstaude, gefüllt mit Reis. Links sitzt der 'Seelenführer' auf seinem Gong, die Reisschüsselchen vor sich, die er über die Angehörigen der Verstorbenen streuen wird. Vor den Reisschüsselchen sind Sirikgestell ... [unleserlich] ... und Tabak auf 1 Teller zu sehen hinter letzteren die grobgezimmerten Buschmesser. In der Messingschale ist Büffelblut für die Zauberzeremonie. (siehe Bericht)."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 8.9 x 11.5 cm.
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