Pomo shaman

Duration: 0:22:39

Genre: Educational | Ethnographic

Year Published: 1965

Creator: Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | University of California Extension Media Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstrates the curing technique derived by the Kashia group of the Southwestern Pomo Indians which involves hand trembling, trance behavior, and music. Shows Essie Parrish, the only Southwestern Pomo "sucking doctor" still practicing this ancient form of doctoring, in a state of possession as she prays and chants while drawing the undesirable forces from the patient's body. Depicts her hands as a point of healing power and the use of two bamboo canes, decorated with dream designs and haliotis ornaments, that also have special powers for the shaman., Demonstrates the curing technique derived by the Kashia group of the Southwestern Pomo Indians which involves hand trembling, trance behavior, and music. Shows Essie Parish, the only Southwestern Pomo "sucking doctor" still practicing this ancient form of doctoring, in a state of possession as she prays and chants while drawing the undesirable forces from the patient's body. Depicts her hands as a point of healing power and the use of two bamboo canes, decorated with dream designs and haliotis ornaments, that also have special powers for the shaman.

Complete Record: , Demonstrates the curing technique derived by the Kashia group of the Southwestern Pomo Indians which involves hand trembling, trance behavior, and music. Shows Essie Parish, the only Southwestern Pomo "sucking doctor" still practicing this ancient form of doctoring, in a state of possession as she prays and chants while drawing the undesirable forces from the patient's body. Depicts her hands as a point of healing power and the use of two bamboo canes, decorated with dream designs and haliotis ornaments, that also have special powers for the shaman.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.