Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_10

Sadie Mowatt performing as a shamaness in a healing display. Ernest Hyzims drums 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 predictin...

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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 >
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-646/ksan-performing-arts-group-1810
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_646 2023-05-15T18:39:22+02:00 Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_10 G.F. MacDonald Collection Ksan 1972 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-646/ksan-performing-arts-group-1810 unknown billreid:646 local: Ksan NAC Roll 18_10 uuid: 979350f4-b183-46b7-b843-044e490f2072 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-646/ksan-performing-arts-group-1810 © 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 2019-07-10T07:05:08Z Sadie Mowatt performing as a shamaness in a healing display. Ernest Hyzims drums 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 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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Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Ksan--Shaman--Dance Regalia--
Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_10
topic_facet Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Shaman--Dance Regalia--
Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Ksan--Shaman--Dance Regalia--
description Sadie Mowatt performing as a shamaness in a healing display. Ernest Hyzims drums 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 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.
author2 G.F. MacDonald Collection
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title Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_10
title_short Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_10
title_full Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_10
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title_full_unstemmed Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_10
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