. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 923. Fig. 143. a, SHAMAN MAKING INCANTATIONS INVOKING AID. suiall mammal. Beyond the middle of the bow, toward the right, is a fig- ure of a kaiak with a native within it paddling forward toward a larger umiak under sail. In front of this stands a man with a gun uplifted, as if shooting toward the deer whose feet are attached to the uj)x>er line or base line of the preceding record. Beyond this is the outline
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 923. Fig. 143. a, SHAMAN MAKING INCANTATIONS INVOKING AID. suiall mammal. Beyond the middle of the bow, toward the right, is a fig- ure of a kaiak with a native within it paddling forward toward a larger umiak under sail. In front of this stands a man with a gun uplifted, as if shooting toward the deer whose feet are attached to the uj)x>er line or base line of the preceding record. Beyond this is the outline of another umiak under sail, and occupied by three hunters. In fig. 143, No. a, is represented a native who desired the services of a shaman, and, upon visiting one, declared his needs and l)robably paid the fee usually required. The shaman, making his usual ceremonies of incantation to invoke his guardian spirit, or tutelary daimon, is shown with that creature about to depart on the mission desired by the shaman. The spirit is a bird, and, as all flying creatures are deemed lucky, it is here rei^resented in unusually large size, to increase the importance of the performer. Another illustration of making incantation is shown in fig. 143Z>, the shaman expressing his ability to cause fish to come to the hunter by whom the proper fee is paid. The drawing is taken from an Alaskan shaman's drum, but appears to be foreign to pure Eskimo drawing, having probably originally come from the Thlinkit, or neighboring tribes of Athabaskan stock. A remarkably interesting engraving is reproduced in fig. 144. The profession of the Eskimo shaman is very like that of his confrere of the Menomini and Ojibwa Indians, of Wisconsin and Minnesota, respec- tively. He has the power to invoke his personal guardian or tutelary daimon in aiding him to secure the services of other deities or spirits to perform certain acts of exorcism, or incantation and invocation, so that a spirit messenger may be sent
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