Pomo shaman

Duration: 23

Year Published: 1964

Creator: a film by William Heick and Gordon Mueller with David Peri and Robert Wharton, anthropologists ; directed by William R. Heick, David Wayne Peri, Robert Walter Wharton.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Heick, William; Peri, David W., 1939-; Wharton, Robert Walter.; Mueller, Gordon.; Parrish, Essie.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Photography, Gordon Mueller, William R. Heick ; editing, Gordon Mueller.; Shaman: Piwóya (Essie Parrish). Singers: Bernice Dollar, Bertha Antone, Julia Maerufo, Emmett Antone. Fire tender: Clement Maerufo. Patient: Sidney Parrish.; Shows Essie Parrish, the spiritual head of the Kashia Indian community and the only southwestern Pomo Indian sucking doctor who still practices this ancient form of doctoring. Follows her actions as she performs the essentials of the second and final night (June 1, 1963) of a curing ceremony. This is an edited version of Sucking doctor which shows the ritual in its entirety.; PFA 1608-01-12814. D0004; PFA 1608-01-12814. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2006/03 /20 Occasional moderate scratches. Good to very good condition. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/05/02 same./

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE