Per far recere gli spiriti maligni apportatori della malattia fa ingolare una mistura a base di sterco bovino

African Art Museum

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Object Details

Creator

Calcocromia I.G.D.A. (Novara)

Consolata Missionaries

Collection Citation

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Printed caption on recto reads: "Serie IV. - Stregonerie - 35 / Nelle Missioni Della Consolata - Per far recere gli spiriti maligni apportatori della malattia fa ingolare una mistura a base di sterco bovino."

Translated caption reads: "Series IV. - Witchcraft - 35 / Consolata Missions - In order to bring up evil spirits which bring disease one is made to ingest a mixture made from cow dung."

Printed title on verso reads: "Missioni Della Consolata / 14, Corso Ferrucio - Torino (117)."

Additional printed message on verso.

Printed publication attribution on verso reads: "Calcocromia I.G.D.A. - Novara / Vendibili presso le Missioni della Consolata. - Riprod. vietata."

sova.eepa.1985-014_ref5403

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74530bc03-abde-4345-8e8b-607548b45071

Local Numbers

EEPA KE-23-02

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa

Kenya

Topic

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa

Costume -- Africa

Shamans

Provenance

Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000207633; 20100729 EEPA 2010-025.

Creator

Calcocromia I.G.D.A. (Novara)

Consolata Missionaries

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 8.5 x 13.5 cm.)

Date

circa 1920

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 2010-025-0043

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Picture postcards

Collection Rights

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

EEPA.1985-014_ref5403

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74530bc03-abde-4345-8e8b-607548b45071

EEPA.1985-014

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088129-5

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