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figur, anteckning

- Object description
Motiv: Förfädersbilder av ormbunksstammar. Ha till uppgift att fördriva onda andar. States Etn. Mus., saml. Nathorst (sannolikt samling 1934.34 eller 1935.45). I eng. originaltexten till föremålet sägas figurerna vara gjord "of a palm".
Foto av: Iwar Anderson, Sthlm. Dato c:a 1946.
Erh.: gm. doc. Izikowitz till arkivet Dato jan. 1951.
Avfoto Nr. Neg 9951
Publ. Primitiv Konst, Stockholm, 1947, fig. 122.
(katalogkort)
Anteckning på pappersbit: " Igorot devil chasers or devil catchers. These are usually placed at the entrance to a rancheria (down (?) and offcines (?) along the rice paddies to keep the anitos (?) ( bad spirits) away. They are made, as you will notice of a palm" (Nathorst)"

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