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Homemade Ouija board

Dublin Core

Title

Subject

Merrill, James, 1926-1995

Description

A homemade Ouija board, one of numerous boards James Merrill and David Jackson employed through the years for their séances. Merrill said they preferred these to the store-bought boards because they allowed for more room for clearer and faster transmission. They used a teacup as a planchette.

Creator

Merrill, James

Source

James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Oversized box, Item 41

Date

not dated

Contributor

Jackson, David

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Relation

Series_IX_Realia

Exhibit cases 7-8: Other World

James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 194

Format

23" by 29"

1 jpeg. 600 ppi

Language

English

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

MSS083_III_ouija_board.jpg

Rights Holder

Washington University in St. Louis

Citation

Merrill, James, “Homemade Ouija board,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 27, 2024, http://lib-lslv126.wulib.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/13550.