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Medicinal pebble

Malaysia

 

Bought for the Sarawak Museum from an elderly, retired manang

Acquired by exchange with the Government Museum, Sarawak in 1903

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Medicinial pebble, Malaysia

This small basket contains a ‘water-worn’ pebble. It was used by an Iban manang, or shaman healer, from the Sarawak region of Borneo to counteract evil omens. The pebble was used at the end of a Pelian healing ceremony.

View database record 1903.41.1. 14