Argillite Medicine Men
Date1885
Mediumargillite
DimensionsOther: 91.2 × 35.6 × 24.4 cm (35 7/8 × 14 × 9 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-753
Object numberHRC 00753
Descriptionmedicine men, patient and helping spirits. rectangular slab with 2 line sof figures car ved in high relieff. one side medicine man both at top and bottom, with large hark. (helping spirit) between them. other side a woman lies on her back beside the leader, she is singing in chorus with the 2 others. below her is the patient, near death. the patient is clasped by a bear or wolverine, and beneath ...(started to fade out).Exhibition HistoryNFB Ottawa (2-58) Vancouver Art Gallery (6-67) - (11-67)
On View
Not on viewCollections
c. 1879
before 1884
Circa early 1900s
