View of the Canyon

Date
2008
Photographer: MacDonald, George F.
Description

Ringbolt Island is th location of five seperate petroglyphs. It is most likely that the petroglyphs in the Kitselas Canyon are associated with shamanism. A shaman is a religious specialist and healer whose primary function is to cure people. Shamanic activity was carried out away from village sites and is very closely associated with notioins of transformation.

Subject (Geographic)
Various Kitselas Canyon
Keywords
Tsimshian
Gitselasu
Skeena River
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
KitselasCanyon_dm_11
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Copyright owner(s)

© George F. MacDonald.

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