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Description: ...One such punishment was the "man-cage," like this one at Lateh Band Pass. A thief was "put in this iron cage, raised to the top of the pole, so that his friends could not pass food or poison to him, and here he was left to die."
Title: Mancage in Afghanistan 1921
Credit: National Geographic, 1921, "Every-Day Life in Afghanistan" http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/flashback/2001?image=9
Author: Associated Press / World Wide Photos
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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