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Word: bushongo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...case in point was the handsomely carved mirror of a Bushongo sorcerer, equipped with what seemed to be a quite unfunctional shutter. Actually, the shutter was as important as a camera's; the sorcerer thought that by closing it he could trap the reflections and therefore the very souls of unwary lookers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Magic Mountain | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

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