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Bol màgic
Magical bowl
The supernatural power of written signs is often understood through what anthropologist James George Frazer called ¿magic by contamination¿, meaning the belief that a magical object, in this case a bowl inscribed with curative formulas in Arabic writing, impregnates the water inside with its healing properties.
Creator
- Iemen
Type of item
- bowls (vessels)
Medium
- brass (alloy)
- Brass
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights
- Museu de Cultures del Món
Creation date
- segles XIX-XX
Places
- Yemen
- Yemen
Identifier
- MEB 481-1
- http://hdl.handle.net/10970/objects/H651034
Extent
- 13,3 x 13,8 x 4 cm
Format
- incisió
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-04-13T14:59:21.615Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-04-13T14:59:21.615Z