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This hand-colored lithograph print is part of Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection. The striking and visually dense piece, titled "An Evil Tree" or "the Natural Heart" is a ...

..it's in the historical region of Cappadocia! With hanging blue amulets and nazar trinkets for fruits, the tree is said to ward off harm. There's more on the Turkish evil banisher, says Ismat Tahseen ...