Therapeutic magic in Macedonia
by Joseph Obrebski, Macedonia, ca.1932
As Europe in the 1930s lunged toward a modernity marked by mechanization and dehumanization, deep strains of traditional life survived in its remote corners. In a mood at once somber and serene, the Polish ethnographer, Joseph Obrebski, captures a magical moment in a dim peasant hut in the mountains of Macedonia when a woman suffering from the evil eye and hunger was healed.
Title
Traditional medicine: 'Od sekajtsa': Treatment for sekaitsa, disease caused by the evil eye and hunger
Creator
Obrebski, Joseph 1905-1967
Date
ca.1932
Extent
1 photograph
Description
As Europe in the 1930s lunged toward a modernity marked by mechanization and dehumanization, deep strains of traditional life survived in its remote corners. In a mood at once somber and serene, the Polish ethnographer, Joseph Obrebski, captures a magical moment in a dim peasant hut in the mountains of Macedonia when a woman suffering from the evil eye and hunger was healed.
Collection:
Josef Obrebski Papers (MS 599)
Identifier
mums599-b55-i324
Cite As:
Traditional medicine: 'Od sekajtsa': Treatment for sekaitsa, disease caused by the evil eye and hunger. Photo by Josef Obrenbski, ca.1932. Josef Obrebski Papers (MS 599)
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