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Notebook of Shaman Neck

Attempt by an Alaska-Eskimo shaman – who was converted to christianity – to translate the bible into his tribe’s native script, from the second half of the 19th century. Biblical names are in English/Latin script, as there was no equivalent. This page appears to be from Genesis 19, about the two angels who visited Lot, before Sodom and Gomorrah were destructed.

 

From the collection of the Museum der Kulturen Basel, on display at the Basel Paper Mill, Museum for Paper, Writing and Printing.

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Uploaded on December 24, 2011
Taken in November 2011