Rattle in the Form of a Bird Tsimshian("

On the northwest coast of North America, shamans endowed with the ability to gain access to supernatural realms provided aid to members of the community by healing the sick, guiding hunters, and foreseeing the future. The visionary experiences of such specialists were enhanced by the sounds of the d...

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Main Author: Unknown
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Decorative Art
Native American: Tsimshian
Canadian
woodwork
British Columbia
Canada
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
Online Access:http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/29401
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spelling ftpennstateuncdm:oai:digital.libraries.psu.edu:arthist2/29401 2023-05-15T18:39:26+02:00 Rattle in the Form of a Bird Tsimshian(" Unknown circa 1840 United States, New York, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979.206.444, repository; North and Central America, Canada, British Columbia, creation Wood, ivory 8-5/8 x 5 in. (22.1 x 12.7 cm) JPEG http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/29401 unknown Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections met04771 Met-04771 http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/29401 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. Image Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art Scholars Resource, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, DP152109 Decorative Art Native American: Tsimshian Canadian woodwork Image ftpennstateuncdm 2022-08-30T08:13:06Z On the northwest coast of North America, shamans endowed with the ability to gain access to supernatural realms provided aid to members of the community by healing the sick, guiding hunters, and foreseeing the future. The visionary experiences of such specialists were enhanced by the sounds of the drum and rattle. Shamans' rattles sometimes took the form of birds, especially oyster-catchers. Still Image Tsimshian Tsimshian* PennState: Digital Collections British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada
institution Open Polar
collection PennState: Digital Collections
op_collection_id ftpennstateuncdm
language unknown
topic Decorative Art
Native American: Tsimshian
Canadian
woodwork
spellingShingle Decorative Art
Native American: Tsimshian
Canadian
woodwork
Unknown
Rattle in the Form of a Bird Tsimshian("
topic_facet Decorative Art
Native American: Tsimshian
Canadian
woodwork
description On the northwest coast of North America, shamans endowed with the ability to gain access to supernatural realms provided aid to members of the community by healing the sick, guiding hunters, and foreseeing the future. The visionary experiences of such specialists were enhanced by the sounds of the drum and rattle. Shamans' rattles sometimes took the form of birds, especially oyster-catchers.
format Still Image
author Unknown
author_facet Unknown
author_sort Unknown
title Rattle in the Form of a Bird Tsimshian("
title_short Rattle in the Form of a Bird Tsimshian("
title_full Rattle in the Form of a Bird Tsimshian("
title_fullStr Rattle in the Form of a Bird Tsimshian("
title_full_unstemmed Rattle in the Form of a Bird Tsimshian("
title_sort rattle in the form of a bird tsimshian("
url http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/29401
op_coverage circa 1840
United States, New York, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979.206.444, repository; North and Central America, Canada, British Columbia, creation
long_lat ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000)
geographic British Columbia
Canada
geographic_facet British Columbia
Canada
genre Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
genre_facet Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
op_source Scholars Resource, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, DP152109
op_relation Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections
met04771
Met-04771
http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/29401
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.
Image Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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