Picture No | 10063735 |
Date | 1737 |
Description | VENEZUELA SKELETONS |
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Among the peoples of the Oronoko region, the custom is to expose the dead till they are reduced to skeletons, which are then hung in a sacred building
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Source | Bernard Picart, engraved by DuBosc, in Religious Ceremonies of Mankind |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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