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| Title | Tlingit healer and patient in posed healing ceremony, Alaska, 1906 |
| Photographer | Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950 |
| Studio Location | United States--Alaska--Nome |
| Original Creator | Case, W. H. (William Howard), 1868-1920
Draper, H. H. |
| Date | 1906 |
| Notes | Tlingit healer and female patient pose in a reenactment of a healing ceremony. He wears a beaded shirt, a horned headdress & a nose ring; he holds rattle and painted bone. The patient is covered by, and lying on fur blankets, an ax by her side. In background are a Chilkat blanket and two small totems. Copy print by Frank H. Nowell of a photograph by W. H. Case and H. H. Draper.
Caption on image: Indian witch doctor (or Sha-man) healing a sick woman. Copyright 1906 by Case & Draper
Stamped on image: "Photo print by F. H. Nowell, Seattle |
| Subjects | Group portraits--Alaska; Healers--Alaska; Tlingit Indians--Clothing & dress--Alaska; Tlingit Indians--Spiritual life--Alaska; Chilkat Indians--Arts & crafts |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska |
| Object Type | Photographs |
| Negative Number | NA2195 |
| Digital Collection | American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
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| Collection | Frank H. Nowell Collection no. 316 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Restrictions | http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html |
| Transmission Data | Image/JPEG |
