1848 – Love Charm Figure

Physical description:

Composite figure feminine torso incorporating animal skin with a male ceramic or bone head.

Museum classification:

Love Charm

Size:

120x60x50

Information:

Museum Document CWOLC 9775 reads:

Half-man half-woman clothed in the fur mantle of cat skin. A composite figure made up by a wise woman from an old and well known magic formulae. Purpose to procure a certain type of love and affection.

White candle, Black base - Black candle, White base. A figure of a man with female breasts. This is combination magic, the art of joining and working with opposites. Used in this instance for divination with a black crystal. It is interesting to remember that in the middle ages most gazing crystals and magic mirrors were made of dark glass.

Captions from Cecil Williamson. The origins of the object and the wise-woman mentioned are unknown.

This also seems to be one of the images mentioned in a Vogue article of 1963 - see Poppet MWM id. no. 11.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Wood, ceramic, animal skin.

Copyright ownership:

MWM

Museum Document CWOLC 9775 reads:

Half-man half-woman clothed in the fur mantle of cat skin. A composite figure made up by a wise woman from an old and well known magic formulae. Purpose to procure a certain type of love and affection.

White candle, Black base - Black candle, White base. A figure of a man with female breasts. This is combination magic, the art of joining and working with opposites. Used in this instance for divination with a black crystal. It is interesting to remember that in the middle ages most gazing crystals and magic mirrors were made of dark glass.

Captions from Cecil Williamson. The origins of the object and the wise-woman mentioned are unknown.

This also seems to be one of the images mentioned in a Vogue article of 1963 - see Poppet MWM id. no. 11.