Shaman Curing Ceremony

Date
1972
Corporate name
Description

Sadie Mowatt performs healing ceremony on Barlow Green. Ernest Hyzims with drum 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 th eweather.

Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Identifier
Ksan_Historical_Village_059
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