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Self Portrait with Braid
Frida Kahlo
1941
Gustav Klimt
Allegory of Philosophy, 1899-1907 (Destroyed by fire)
Allegory of Sculpture, 1889
Ethiopian healing scrolls eliminate illness by purging evil spirits and demons from a sick person. It was a practice common among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the northern mountainous region of Ethiopia. Part of a larger healing ritual, the scrolls were commissioned by the those who could not write, during a serious illness. The scrolls were thought to combat the spiritual problem, while medicine and plants combated by physical problem. (click on the images to see their full size)
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