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The instinct of workmanship, and the state of industrial arts

Note 57 — Chapter II · Contamination of Instincts in Primitive Technology

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This technological blend of manual labour with magical practice is well seen, for instance, in the Malay ritual of rice culture.—W. W. Skeat, Malay Magic, various passages dealing with the ceremonial of the planting, growth and harvesting of the rice-crop.

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