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title: 'African Handicrafts and Superstitions'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'William Henry Sheppard'
date: 1921-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Missions Biography'
- 'Non-Christian Religions and Beliefs'
- 'Art'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Acts 17'
- 'Romans 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/sheppard-1921-african-handicrafts-and-superstitions
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# African Handicrafts and Superstitions

William H. Sheppard records Bakuba and Zap‑po‑Zap handicrafts, housing, weaving, smoking, and ritual superstitions—witch‑doctor trials and sacred objects—an early missionary ethnography.

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