Ethnology, Volume 39University of Pittsburgh, 2000 - Anthropology |
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... Aworan Aworan ' are small - often tiny - figures carved from wood to be used as ingredients in different medicines . The wood used to carve the figures is dictated by the use to which the image will be put . Female or male aworan ...
... Aworan Aworan ' are small - often tiny - figures carved from wood to be used as ingredients in different medicines . The wood used to carve the figures is dictated by the use to which the image will be put . Female or male aworan ...
Page 214
... aworan figure , must be ritually infused with power to be effective . The real - life function of omolangidi as child surrogate carries over into the medicine . Characteristics of children are alluded to in incantations that activate ...
... aworan figure , must be ritually infused with power to be effective . The real - life function of omolangidi as child surrogate carries over into the medicine . Characteristics of children are alluded to in incantations that activate ...
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... aworan the incantation that climaxes the act of magical mimesis often labels the image with the name of the person to be affected . Once linked to an individual , the medicine figure is then placed where it will be in close contact with ...
... aworan the incantation that climaxes the act of magical mimesis often labels the image with the name of the person to be affected . Once linked to an individual , the medicine figure is then placed where it will be in close contact with ...
Contents
The Spirit of the Gift | 15 |
An Examination | 73 |
Negotiating | 93 |
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