LOT 501 mid 20th Cent. British Columbian ritual mask from Vancouver Island in whale bone, representing the head of a seal and used by shamans to communicate with the spirits during rituals and as a protection against evil spirits
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CANADA/BRITS-COLUMBIA – VANCOUVER ISlAND – ca 1950 fraai ritueel Inuit – maskertje in walvissenbeen in de vorm van de kop van een zeehond met open mond en zichtbare ‘tanden’ , dat werd gebruikt tijdens sjamanistische rituëlen om te communiceren met de geesten en ook diende als beschermingsamulet voor tegen de slechte geesten – 9,5 x 7,5 cm – gemonteerd ref : “Gift of the Ancestors” van de Yale University Musée d’ Art Sacré du Gard mid 20th Cent. British Columbian ritual mask from Vancouver Island in whale bone, representing the head of a seal and used by shamans to communicate with the spirits during rituals and as a protection against evil spirits
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