PL XVIII Chippewa Ojibwa Indians Sucking Removing Disease 1891 Original Print

In PI. xviii is shown a Jrs'sakkid' extracting sickness by sucking through bone tubes. The practice of medical magic, the Jes'sakkid' sometimes resorts to a curious process to extract from the patient's body the malevolent beings or man'idos which cause disease. The Jes'sakkid' he crawls away to a short distance from the patient and relieves himself of the demon with violent retchings and apparent suffering. He recovers in a short time, spits out the bones, and, after directing his patient what further medicine to swallow, receives his fee and departs.

Size of sheet: 7” X 11.25” inches.

125 year old original print from the Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-86 By J W Powell, Director. (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1891).  

Condition: Very clean sheet. See photos.

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