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Panama: a Choco Indian medicine man with musicians during a ceremony to heal a sick boy lying beneath a shelter bearing symbols. Photograph of a process print, ca. 1920 (?).
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Lettering: Healing ceremony in unknown Panama; a Choco Indian medicine man (right) muttering incantations over a sick boy, who is lying beneath a shelter bearing magic symbols. In the left foreground is a fetish with outstretched arms. A flute player and a concertina virtuoso supply the music.
Title: Panama: a Choco Indian medicine man with musicians during a ceremony to heal a sick boy lying beneath a shelter bearing symbols. Photograph of a process print, ca. 1920 (?).
Description:
Lettering: Healing ceremony in unknown Panama; a Choco Indian medicine man (right) muttering incantations over a sick boy, who is lying beneath a shelter bearing magic symbols.
In the left foreground is a fetish with outstretched arms.
A flute player and a concertina virtuoso supply the music.
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Photograph of a drawing labeled "A day with the J.P.T. — 'Run to Ground'".
Inscribed: "No. 3. Revd. F. Harrison Oriel College. It is comm...