Ksan Performing Arts Group 24_36
Sadie Mowatt performs healing ceremony on Barlow Green. 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 warfare, or predicting the weather. The shaman's rattle, seen...
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ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_774 2023-05-15T18:39:25+02:00 Ksan Performing Arts Group 24_36 G.F. MacDonald Collection Ksan 1972 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-774/ksan-performing-arts-group-2436 unknown billreid:774 local: Ksan NAC Roll 24_36 uuid: 47ff9375-706f-40a3-ae10-00c857a72e10 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-774/ksan-performing-arts-group-2436 © 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--Dance Regalia-- Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Ksan--Dance Regalia-- Photographs StillImage 1972 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:09Z Sadie Mowatt performs healing ceremony on Barlow Green. 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 warfare, 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. During the late sixties and early seventies the 'Ksan Performing Arts Group was created. These images are from the group's first national performance, Breath of Our Grandfathers, at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The regalia and props used in the performance by the group were all designed and crafted by local Gitxsan artists. Still Image Tsimshian Tsimshian* SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) |
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Sadie Mowatt performs healing ceremony on Barlow Green. 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 warfare, 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. During the late sixties and early seventies the 'Ksan Performing Arts Group was created. These images are from the group's first national performance, Breath of Our Grandfathers, at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The regalia and props used in the performance by the group were all designed and crafted by local Gitxsan artists. |
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Ksan Performing Arts Group 24_36 |
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