R/6/897 – drawing of a man with a looped rope, a divination rod with a wreath; and notes
- Collection Number:
- R/6/897
- Object name:
- drawing of a man with a looped rope, a divination rod with a wreath; and notes
- Object type:
- Drawing
- Languages:
- Dutch,English
- Book titles referenced:
- Uncanny power
- Book authors referenced:
- Geo Humbers
- People referenced:
- Abel Huygen
A man ‘a’ holds a looped rope ‘b’. He stands on carpet ‘c’, lying in front of him a bundle of reeds ‘d’. A divination rod ‘k’ with wreath ‘l’ and a curve ‘m’ around the middle. Zie Aant. [see notes] 1949, fol. 227a, § 2: pels van een dier [pelt of an animal], &c. (ca. 1545). De gegeven figuur is naar [the given figure is after] Abel Huygen. H.
Zie documentatie [see doc.] § 1/1953 (Mr. K.M. van den Broek), Aant. notes] 1953, fol. 98III, 103a en [and] 127. Idem: Aant. [notes] 1953, fol. 271, zie [see] F5 en [and] 7. Magic and superstition: the tools and methods of magic, IV, p. 432, fig. 194. (Uncanny Power, Geo Humbers.) S.