Sujet
Shamans mask in the form of a human face
Légende
Shamans mask in the form of a human face, the eyebrows, eyelids, nostrils and mouth are made of beaten copper strips, the moustache and beard are fur. Shamans possessed a large number of masks and would use them during dances or healing rituals. From the Chudnovsky Collection. Museum no 211 7. Northwest Coast of America. collected 1890. Tlingit. Admiralty Island.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Museum of Anthropology & Ethnography Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A29_225
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
24,9Mo (1,1Mo) / 21,1cm x 29,6cm / 2494 x 3491 (300dpi)