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C.18th engraving of ornaments and other religious objects of the Moluccas islands, Indonesia. Mamakurs a kind of bracelets worn by the natives of the Moluccas or Spice Islands, particularly Amboyna, and which the women regard as preservatives against all enchantments.

Mamakurs are a kind of bracelet worn by the natives of the Moluccas or Spice Islands, particularly Amboyna, and which the women regard as preservatives against all enchantments.

From Denis Diderot’s, Encyclopaedia which was a monument in the history of European thought, undermining the ancien regime and heralding the French Revolution. It was a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth century knowledge. It was edited by the brilliant Denis Diderot (1713-1784).

Provenance: Wigan Public Library (stamp)

References: Printing and the Mind of Man 200.