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The Healing Cult and Shrine Installation

The main element in the constitution of the healing cult and shrine is to build or carve the image of the being (animal, plant or human) that are at the origin of the healer's inspirational knowledge. They are called the 'root of the medicine' (tii da-nyir). The image is then endowed with many other objects or items coming from different life-forms. The constitution and constituent element of the healing cult are similar. There is always a family spirit figure (Father/Mother/Child) that is prepared to adopt the healer as its family member during his or her training as a healer or during his or her psychotic period and condition, as the case may be. The first constituent element of the healing cult is for the healer to build a ‘fetish’ of this family structure as it appeared to him or her in his or her psychotic state in the form of a particular animal figure (father), a particular plant material (mother) and a particular bird material (child).
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Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) : Molded Image of the Porcupine with the branch Stem of a tree with three prong branches  attached
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) : Molded Image of the Porcupine with the branch Stem of a tree with three prong branches attached
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 011: Moulded Image of the Porcupine with the branch Stem of a tree with three prong branches  attached
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 011: Moulded Image of the Porcupine with the branch Stem of a tree with three prong branches attached
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) : animal horns as medicine container
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) : animal horns as medicine container
Power objects and Healing Devices made from Fermented body and plant tissue and Medicinal Materials
Power objects and Healing Devices made from Fermented body and plant tissue and Medicinal Materials
Porcupine Shrine object (Tibr) 012: A ceramic bowl as container
Porcupine Shrine object (Tibr) 012: A ceramic bowl as container
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 013: Shrine Object; Amulet Ring with strings tied around and several other rings attached
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 013: Shrine Object; Amulet Ring with strings tied around and several other rings attached
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 022:  Power and Healing Object/Device of Fermented Medicinal Materials_T006
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 022: Power and Healing Object/Device of Fermented Medicinal Materials_T006
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 018: Power and Healing Object/Device of Fermented Medicinal Materials_T002
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 018: Power and Healing Object/Device of Fermented Medicinal Materials_T002
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 001: animal horn as medicine container
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 001: animal horn as medicine container
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 009: Power and Healing Object/Device of Fired Iron_T009
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 009: Power and Healing Object/Device of Fired Iron_T009
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr)  Shrine Objects; Metal coiled rings
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) Shrine Objects; Metal coiled rings
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 015: Natural Porcupine Quill,
Porcupine Shrine (Tibr) 015: Natural Porcupine Quill,
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