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Description: | Iron bracelets like this one are not often worn today -beaded bracelets are more common- whereas in the past they were the most popular form of jewellery. Iron bracelets can also serve another purpose, far removed from their role as jewellery: in the hands of someone gifted with the power to communicate with the ancestors an iron bracelet suspended on a length of woollen yarn can act as a divining tool. The diviner looks at the bracelet as it hangs, gently rotating on its yarn whilst discussing a patient’s malady with a deceased ancestor. By communicating with the dead in this way the malady can be cured.
Iron bracelet. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | bracelets (adornments) Kalash iron | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-217970 |
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