Image of A sorcerer in the midst of divination, throwing seeds of by Kauffmann, P. (fl.1920)

A sorcerer in the midst of divination, throwing seeds of different colors from a horn...

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Image title: A sorcerer in the midst of divination, throwing seeds of different colors from a horn cup on a cat's skin, while recitating incantations, drawing by Kauffmann, to illustrate the story of a trip to the Ouanika on the coast of Zanguebar (East Africa: Tanzania, Kenya and southern Somalia), in 1874, by Achille Raffray, charge of a scientific mission by the French Ministry of Public Education. Engraving in Le tour du monde, 1878, directed by Edouard Charton, Paris. Selva Collection.
Artist: Kauffmann, P. (fl.1920) / French
Photographer: Leonard de Selva
Location: Private Collection
Medium: Engraving

Image description: A sorcerer in the midst of divination, throwing seeds of different colors from a horn cup on a cat's skin, while recitating incantations, drawing by Kauffmann, to illustrate the story of a trip to the Ouanika on the coast of Zanguebar (East Africa: Tanzania, Kenya and southern Somalia), in 1874, by Achille Raffray, charge of a scientific mission by the French Ministry of Public Education, Engraving in Le tour du monde, 1878, under the direction of Edouard Charton, Paris. Selva Collection.
Photo credit: Photo © Leonard de Selva / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 19th century / Africa / engraving / witchcraft / occult science / black and white / africa / superstition / engraving / wisdom / human / journey / native / african / accessory / portrait / future / magic / kenya / instrument / african / Occult Science

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