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Bear Man
1998
by Eric Whollem
goauche, acrylic and parafin resist on paper
Collection of the artist.
Copyright by the artist.
Pano Maidem, Bear Man
CONCOW MAIDU SHAMANIC LORE
The Concow Maidu Indians of Butte County, California, often
times call one of their traditional healing doctors "Pano Maidem,"
or "Bear Man." The shamans in the old days would dress up in the
hide of a black bear before approaching a sick person. The doctor
would growl like a bear to "scare away" the sickness in the patient.
