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Macuxi Indians clean their noses with a bast string, which is said to be good for hunting.
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Caption in Koch-Grünberg 1923 (see below): "Hunting magic. A magical palm fibre string is pulled through nose and mouth, Taulipáng and neighbours. Phot. Dr Thulin." Literature: Koch-Grünberg, Theodor. 1923. From the Roroima to the Orinoco. Results of a journey in northern Brazil and Venezuela in the years 1911-1913. Volume III: Ethnography. Stuttgart: Strecker and Schröder, plate 64

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Cultural attribution
Makushí
Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Bildformat (Foto): 13 x 9,5 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII E 3787

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when
1912
where
Sapriticism [Ort]
who
Otto Thulin (1886-11-28 - 1959-04-30) - Photographers
Makushí

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