The
presence of shamans is a characteristic of virtually
every tribal society. There are as many different
“job descriptions” as there are peoples. A given
grpoup will look to the shaman for some mix of
roles: priest, healer, communicator to the world of
spirits, fortune-teller, creator of good luck and
repeller of evil. All this require a complex
panoply of tools and the “manuals” to use them.
We have them all:
• Robes and crowns
• Masks, both wooden and mulberry paper