Ksan Performing Arts Group 23_08

Date
1972
Corporate name
Description

David Milton and Sadie Mowatt performing a healing ceremony on Barlow Green. Ernest Hyzims drums behind them. Personal health depended on the condition of the soul. If the soul became lost while separated from the body during a dream, or was driven out by witchcraft, a curer was hired to find it and restore it. 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.

Subject (Geographic)
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Identifier
Ksan_NAC_Roll_23_08
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