Two Australian aborigines performing a ceremony with a magical stick to make another person ill. Halftone.

1 print : halftone ; image 10.5 x 15.2 cm

Killing by magic. ... Lettering continues: "Instead of a bone a magical stick may be used, similar to the two shown on page 179. A charm is sung over the stick as it is being made, and it is thus endowed with evil magic. This magic goes into the man at whom it is pointed and makes him ill."

Wellcome Collection 21411i