Shaman

Artist Georgy Zelma (Uzbekistani, 1906 - 1984)

Date1929

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (21.3 × 31.4 cm)
Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotograph

Credit LineGift of John R. Holland and Linda P. Cayton, 2003

Object number2003.49.6

DescriptionImage of a central Asia shaman pounding a drum as he performs a healing ceremony. A long hair oriental shaman is shown wearing a heavily beaded leather shirt with his right hand raised holding a pounding device with a large thin drum in his

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