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<p>[QUOTE="Marcian, post: 149632, member: 2323"]Hi Susan!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks so much for brightening the pic!</p><p>It looks so much better now. Strange, what you are saying here is exactly what I think of this statue. The hook/ring attached on its head is quite large so the hair hypothesis makes sense. (think of the kind of hair that some Rastas sport, though on a second thought I don't think that this is the case as they camouflage it in their knitted woollen caps)</p><p>Anyway, if not talisman then perhaps, fetish?</p><p>W.B. Seabrook is using this term for such statues (I dare say not objects) in his 1931 seminal book 'Jungle ways'.</p><p>FETISH: an inanimate object worshipped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit.</p><p>synonyms: juju, talisman, charm, amulet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marcian, post: 149632, member: 2323"]Hi Susan! Thanks so much for brightening the pic! It looks so much better now. Strange, what you are saying here is exactly what I think of this statue. The hook/ring attached on its head is quite large so the hair hypothesis makes sense. (think of the kind of hair that some Rastas sport, though on a second thought I don't think that this is the case as they camouflage it in their knitted woollen caps) Anyway, if not talisman then perhaps, fetish? W.B. Seabrook is using this term for such statues (I dare say not objects) in his 1931 seminal book 'Jungle ways'. FETISH: an inanimate object worshipped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit. synonyms: juju, talisman, charm, amulet.[/QUOTE]
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