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Found Voodoo at Canal St Guesthouse

            In 1998, when the foundation of the building was being repaired, the workman found this doll.  It was bricked up, inside of one of the foundation piers.  Notice the wooden stake,  and the nails through the head and stomach.  
"It looks like a voodoo object or voodoo curse" , we said.  So we asked Mr. Elmer Glover, the karate sensei (downstairs) who although Roman Catholic, is also one of the foremost renowned voodoo priests of the southeast.  His ancestors are from Haiti, and he has consulted for the New Orleans Museum of Art exhibit on voodoo, along with various movies.  
He said, "Yes, it's voodoo, get rid of it." I said no--I want to keep it, so he said to pour ammonia all over it to rid it of its negativity.  We did this.  We do not know who placed it in the piers, decades ago, or on whom the voodoo was worked.
(quoted from the description printed next to the doll). 
   

Taken on: October 31, 2007

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Sets appears in: • New Orleans, Trip #3

Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi, f/3.5, 1/8 sec, 18mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.125 sec (1/8)
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 7.0
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