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Photo: Paul Macapia
Soul Catcher
Photo: Paul Macapia

Soul Catcher

Dateca. 1860
Label TextShamans, called halait, skillfully manage powerful spirits that aid in combatting sickness and soul loss. This special amulet is a container that was manipulated while the shaman was in a trance, in order to locate and retrieve the wandering or bewitched soul of a person, thus restoring health.
Object number91.1.83
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Box of Daylight, September 15, 1983 - January 8, 1984 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Hauberg Collection - ParsonsGallery, August 22, 1985 - March 16, 1986 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, A Bead Quiz, July 1, 2008 - July 1, 2009Published ReferencesSelected Works, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, p. 73 The Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1995, p. 172
Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg
Dimensions1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. (4.13 x 2.86 cm) L.: 7 3/4 in.
MediumBone, abalone shell, and buckskin
Photo: Paul Macapia
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Photo: Paul Macapia
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Object number: 91.1.127
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Object number: 91.1.21
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Object number: 91.1.47
Photo: Paul Macapia
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ca. 1910
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Male figure
Object number: 81.17.1
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ca. 1890
Object number: 91.1.23
Photo: Paul Macapia
John Yeltadzi
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