Ksan Performing Arts Group 17_01

David Milton and Sadie Mowatt performing a healing ceremony on Barlow Green. Ernest Hyzims drums behind David. Gitxsan healing shamans wear bearskin robes, aprons, and crowns of grizzly-bear claws. They also use a number of aids, including round rattles, skin drums, and charms. The shaman's rat...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: G.F. MacDonald Collection
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Shaman > Dance Regalia >
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Ksan > Shaman > Dance Regalia >
Milton
Bearskin
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-612/ksan-performing-arts-group-1701
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Summary:David Milton and Sadie Mowatt performing a healing ceremony on Barlow Green. Ernest Hyzims drums behind David. Gitxsan healing shamans wear bearskin robes, aprons, and crowns of grizzly-bear claws. They also use a number of aids, including round rattles, skin drums, and charms. The shaman's rattle was used to call up power from other worlds. The rattle is round and usually plain. Carvings or decorations make the world of supernatural beings visible.

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