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Canada – B.C. - Shamans rattle – Tsimshian – Nass River - Museum of Man - Ottawa
This frontlet, from the Niska-Tsimshian village of Greenville located on the Nass River, shows a crouching bear. It is inlaid with colorful haliotis. (19 cm, MOA, A6810)MOA = Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Another shaman charm, which was collected fully 100 years ago from the Niska on the Nass River. Carved of bone, it represents a salmon. (9 cm, NMM)NMM = National Museum of Man, Ottawa
This drinking vessel is carved out of the tusk of a walrus and decorated with haliotis shell. The partially visible figure is probably an anthropomorphic bear. The cup originated in the same region as the salmon charm described above. (14 cm; NMM)NMM = National Museum of Man, Ottawa
View of the Nass River late in the afternoon near Old Aiyansh, in the heart of the land of the Nisga’a. In the background is the coastal range.
The rattle of a Niska shaman from Gitlakdamix on the Nass River. Both sides are decorated with relief carvings. The reclining figure in the middle is surrounded by fur figures with spread arms and legs. (30 cm: NMM)NMM = National Museum of Man, Ottawa
