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Value ma-wunuʔ
Language:
Tontemboan
Parameter:
injure a thief or enemy by magical means, cause death or bodily infirmity in this way. The inflictor of the curse makes an image of the one he desires to kill or maim and damages that part of the image corresponding to the bodily part to which injury is directed, or he obtains a hair of the victim and buries it somewhere [0ed95a42c2f644b6c00e73268d202695]
References
Schwarz 1908
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