Children's clothing and amulets. - Lot 140

Lot n° 140
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Children's clothing and amulets. - Lot 140
Children's clothing and amulets. Elements of Annam's conjuring magic. Clothing against evil spirits, worn by a child to protect him from cholera. Amulets" for the unicorn to protect the house. Translation of the inscriptions of the amulets: "Order of thunder", The symbol of the three-wreath garland means: "in the three religions" On the forehead of the unicorn: "luminous clarity" On the chest: "May the great saints (star gods) of the constellations decapitate the invisible demons". Pieces collected by Albert Sallet in the early 1920s when he was stationed in Phan Thiet, Binh Thuann province in southern Annam. Provenance: Albert Sallet fonds (1877-1948). Military doctor in Indochina. Co-founder in 1913 of the Association des amis du Vieux Hué with Léopold Cadière, of the Foreign Missions of Paris. Corresponding member of the École française d'Extrême-Orient. After leaving the Army, he became Curator of the Cham Art Museum in Tourane until 1931, then Curator of the Georges-Labit Museum in Toulouse.
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