Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_07

Sadie Mowatt performing as a shamaness in a healing display. . 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 the weather. The shaman's ratt...

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Other Authors: G.F. MacDonald Collection
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1972
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Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-643/ksan-performing-arts-group-1807
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_643 2023-05-15T18:39:21+02:00 Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_07 G.F. MacDonald Collection Ksan 1972 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-643/ksan-performing-arts-group-1807 unknown billreid:643 local: Ksan NAC Roll 18_07 uuid: c5dfe01c-fd36-425c-acb8-315532893e98 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-643/ksan-performing-arts-group-1807 © This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Shaman--Dance Regalia-- Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Ksan--Shaman--Dance Regalia-- Photographs StillImage 1972 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:07Z Sadie Mowatt performing as a shamaness in a healing display. . 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 the weather. The shaman's rattle, seen here, 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. Still Image Tsimshian Tsimshian* SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University)
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Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Ksan--Shaman--Dance Regalia--
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Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_07
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description Sadie Mowatt performing as a shamaness in a healing display. . 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 the weather. The shaman's rattle, seen here, 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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title Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_07
title_short Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_07
title_full Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_07
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