"Nyuj Dab" (Cow Spirit) ritual, image 03

Photographer

Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929-

Date

• April 1957

Summary

• After the White Hmong shaman has finished buiding the altar for the curing ceremony, three men circle the altar. The man in the foreground plays a Keng (Qeej), a Hmong wind instrument. He is followed by the shaman who carries a crossbow. The other man is hidden behind the branches that are stuck into the ground.