Monks told the people of the village ot build this effigy of wood and mud shown in the photograph to deal with the problems of greed, lust and other vices previously rife in the village.
Slide of an effigy is Salt Pan Village
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Hart Museum Visitor Books
object | ARC/HAR/001/426
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Wind Instruments of European Art Music, 1974
object | ARC/HMG/PB/001/046
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Amazon Marañon Peru Yanamono. Yagua village (25/21)
object | ARC/GUP/001/104
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Black and white medium format negative (scanned positive) of a small boy
object | ARC/GUP/007/031
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