Photograph taken in Ladakh, India, not Tibet. Local people visit her. She heats up a short sword until it is red hot then wipes it across her tongue the places is on the area of ailment.
Slide of a female oracle in Ladakh
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object | ARC/HMG/CM/001/007
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35mm slide: Baby in baby carrier
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Demeiala R. macheaie - loading bauxite
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Guide to visitors, Thursday, January the 16th 1890
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