
Sujet
Shamans rattle
Légende
Shamans rattle, The bird is an oyster catcher and carries a family of land otters on its back. This rattle was probably used by shamans to cure mental illness. Land otters were thought to have the power to cause insanity. Northwest Coast of America. Tlingit. c 1870. Alaska.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Denver Art Museum, Colorado, USA
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A29_354
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
28,1Mo (1,2Mo) / 29,8cm x 23,6cm / 3520 x 2792 (300dpi)