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Divination ritual

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posted on 2024-11-20, 17:55 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, CARLOS NIETOCARLOS NIETO
A ritual expert (gohe'a) shows two divinatory stones to her customer before performing a divination ritual. In the space between them some cowrie shells, a protective whip (kurbaj) and a pot sherd with embers can be seen

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

B06

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Cultural group

Banea

Participants

Ashe Anur Habash

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Banjercha, Benishangul-Gumuz

Cultural context/event

Ceremony

Social group setting

Community

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2020-01-26

Unique ID

2019LG07-B06-0463

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