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Mpembe, [guardian fetish.]

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1229331


Item data

Title

Mpembe, [guardian fetish.]

Collection

At the back of the Black man's mind: or notes on the kingly office in West Africa

Names

Dennett, R. E. (Richard Edward), 1857-1921 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1906
Place: London
Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 572.967-D

Subjects

Africa, West -- Ethnology
Talismans
Amulets

Genres

Illustrations

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR786985-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11675363
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cd37e950-c628-012f-4522-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1906

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Mpembe, [guardian fetish.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1906. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd37e950-c628-012f-4522-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1906). Mpembe, [guardian fetish.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd37e950-c628-012f-4522-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Mpembe, [guardian fetish.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd37e950-c628-012f-4522-58d385a7bc34

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