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The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa (1914)

Tremearne, A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman), 1877-1915 · London, Heath, Cranton & Ouseley Ltd · leaf 321

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holding a pair of iron implements(karakab) in each hand, in shape like a double spoon, andclacking them together, the sound reminding one some-what of bones, though the karakab were held in thepalm of the hand, and not between different fingers.Next sat two men with large drums under their left…

Hausa (African people) · Demonology · Dance · Ethnology

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