Ksan Performing Arts Group 18_16

Date
1972
Contributor: George F. MacDonald Collection
Description

Dave Milton performing as a shaman in this healing ceremony. Ernest Hyzims drums in the background. 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.

Subject (Geographic)
Ksan
Keywords
Tsimshian
Gitxsan
Shaman
Dance Regalia
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Ksan_NAC_Roll_18_16
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