Shamanic Regalia in the Far North author-william-a-ewing and the artist's correspondence –

and the artist's correspondence – one of the most important archival resources of 19th-century art – provides the narrative thread around which this study develops

his subject matter became truly international

or by prolonged volcanic eruption in Siberia

a desire for riches and adventure

He shows how the central tenets of modernism – serial production

Shamanic Regalia in the Far North author-william-a-ewing and the artist's correspondence –The striking accoutrements of shamanism give us a rare window into the deep past of humanity and an insight into one of the world's oldest religions. Shamanism goes back to the Ice Age. It spread with migrating ancient settlers around the remote lands of the north Pacific, where the practice survived into the early 20th century. Shamans communicated with the spirits, supplicating them for success in hunting, healing and divination, to help humans