M0005855: Dyak transference of suffering to inanimate substitute

Date:: 28 October 1938

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/48/61

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0005789-M0005896WT/D/1/20/1/48
        M0005855: Dyak transference of suffering to inanimate substituteWT/D/1/20/1/48/61

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M0005855: Dyak transference of suffering to inanimate substitute. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Illustration of Dyak tranference of suffering

Description

Reproduction from an unidentified publication of a photograph showing a practice of the Dyak people of Borneo, to transfer suffering from people to inanimate objects. The practitioner places a wooden doll upon the patient's abdomen. It is a ganti-diu or substitute and the practitioner works magic to drive the patient's sickness into the doll - a process which may take a few days. Related images: M0002723, M0005856

Publication/Creation

28 October 1938

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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