Shaman Curing Ceremony

Sadie Mowatt performs healing ceremony on Barlow Green. Ernest Hyzims with drum in the background. Among the Tsimshian, a shaman could be a man or a woman endowed with special powers. Shamans specialized in healing the sick, attracting fish or game, influencing the outcome of warefare, or predicting...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: G.F. MacDonald Collection
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Hazelton > Gitanmaax > Gitksan >
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Ksan Historical Village > Hazelton > Gitanmaax > Gitksan >
Hazelton
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-1290/shaman-curing-ceremony
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Summary:Sadie Mowatt performs healing ceremony on Barlow Green. Ernest Hyzims with drum in the background. Among the Tsimshian, a shaman could be a man or a woman endowed with special powers. Shamans specialized in healing the sick, attracting fish or game, influencing the outcome of warefare, or predicting th eweather.

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