Fan
Item number Ed1.284 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Ed1.284 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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A closing fan made of 29 split bamboo ribs and paper. Painted designs are 7 repeated stylized human figures; white to shoulders, red robes, mitred white hats with large star at top. On each side of figures is a stylized lotus with blue leaves, on a yellow background. Border of white with pink and blue broken ribbons along top and bottom of paper. Two lanterns.
Used by female shamans during rituals. Usually shamans are female elders or professionals. The shaman provides a link between the client and the family ancestral and household gods. When she performs a ritual or kut she is called a mansin. Kuts are held for such purposes as exorcising evil spirits during illness or at death; also for fortune and procreation of a son. Kuts are usually held on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month and may either be a family or a community affair.
shamanism;ritual;kut
The seven figures represent the seven star gods. White is the colour of death and represents ancestors. The lotus is a symbol of the seventh month and of female genius.
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shamanism;ritual;kut
The seven figures represent the seven star gods. White is the colour of death and represents ancestors. The lotus is a symbol of the seventh month and of female genius.
A closing fan made of 29 split bamboo ribs and paper. Painted designs are 7 repeated stylized human figures; white to shoulders, red robes, mitred white hats with large star at top. On each side of figures is a stylized lotus with blue leaves, on a yellow background. Border of white with pink and blue broken ribbons along top and bottom of paper. Two lanterns.
Used by female shamans during rituals. Usually shamans are female elders or professionals. The shaman provides a link between the client and the family ancestral and household gods. When she performs a ritual or kut she is called a mansin. Kuts are held for such purposes as exorcising evil spirits during illness or at death; also for fortune and procreation of a son. Kuts are usually held on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month and may either be a family or a community affair.
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