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Almstedt, Ruth Farrell.

Diegueño Curing Practices. San Diego Museum Papers, number 10.

San Diego, CA: Museum of Man, Balboa Park, 1977. First Edition. Original Wraps. Study of the Diegueño (Sp.) peoples', or indigenous Kumeyaay of San Diego County and Northern Baja Mexico, California, healing practices. Lists of materia medica and bioregional plants and their medicinal uses. Also a section on witchcraft and 'bewitching'. Also ethnographic, the paper lists indigenous attributions of the body to linguistic language and shamanic healing and practice. Bibliography. Near Fine in Wraps. Near fine. 8vo. 38pp. Bound in yellow wrappers with black perfect binding. illus. (b/w)index. Item #12297

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