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. 172Credit 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
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
ca. 1900
Object number: 91.1.70
Object number: 81.17.1