Shaman's tube

Shamanic practice and Shamanic art are both concerned with transformation. In this small item used in medicine rituals, the tube has a human face, but out of its head spring two walruses who interlock their tusks, perhaps in struggle, or in assistance.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unknown
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Decorative Art
Pre-Columbian: Eskimo: Dorset
Native American
Inuit
Artic peoples
Canada
eskimo*
inuit
walrus*
Online Access:http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/140811
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spelling ftpennstateuncdm:oai:digital.libraries.psu.edu:arthist2/140811 2023-05-15T16:07:12+02:00 Shaman's tube Unknown circa 500 North and Central America, Canada, Quebec, Hull, Canadian Museum of Civilization, repository Ivory JPEG http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/140811 unknown Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections 03_2817_15_S 03.2817.15.S http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/140811 This image is posted for Penn State University users only and is intended for non-profit, educational uses. It may not be posted on unrestricted web sites nor reproduced in printed publications. Decorative Art Pre-Columbian: Eskimo: Dorset Native American Inuit Artic peoples Image ftpennstateuncdm 2022-08-30T08:56:36Z Shamanic practice and Shamanic art are both concerned with transformation. In this small item used in medicine rituals, the tube has a human face, but out of its head spring two walruses who interlock their tusks, perhaps in struggle, or in assistance. Still Image eskimo* inuit walrus* PennState: Digital Collections Canada
institution Open Polar
collection PennState: Digital Collections
op_collection_id ftpennstateuncdm
language unknown
topic Decorative Art
Pre-Columbian: Eskimo: Dorset
Native American
Inuit
Artic peoples
spellingShingle Decorative Art
Pre-Columbian: Eskimo: Dorset
Native American
Inuit
Artic peoples
Unknown
Shaman's tube
topic_facet Decorative Art
Pre-Columbian: Eskimo: Dorset
Native American
Inuit
Artic peoples
description Shamanic practice and Shamanic art are both concerned with transformation. In this small item used in medicine rituals, the tube has a human face, but out of its head spring two walruses who interlock their tusks, perhaps in struggle, or in assistance.
format Still Image
author Unknown
author_facet Unknown
author_sort Unknown
title Shaman's tube
title_short Shaman's tube
title_full Shaman's tube
title_fullStr Shaman's tube
title_full_unstemmed Shaman's tube
title_sort shaman's tube
url http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/140811
op_coverage circa 500
North and Central America, Canada, Quebec, Hull, Canadian Museum of Civilization, repository
geographic Canada
geographic_facet Canada
genre eskimo*
inuit
walrus*
genre_facet eskimo*
inuit
walrus*
op_relation Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections
03_2817_15_S
03.2817.15.S
http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/140811
op_rights This image is posted for Penn State University users only and is intended for non-profit, educational uses. It may not be posted on unrestricted web sites nor reproduced in printed publications.
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