Shaman's charm (soul catcher)
Artist
Nuxalk
Date1899
Location where collectedVictoria, British Columbia, Canada
MediumMammal bone, vegetable fiber
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1910.1.32
DescriptionHollow bone stuffed with vegetable fiber, probably cedar bark; piece engraved on one side with representation of a double headed animal (probably wolf's heads). Two heads are back to back with a small human head between them on the top of the piece. The animal heads are identical, each with a large eye, nostril and large toothy mouth; at either side of the center face are holes which have fiber sticking out of them, probably originally cedar bark twine from which the charm was hung around the neck.On View
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Tibet
ZHOU DYNASTY
