Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hamatsa shaman

Hamatsa shaman

Original - A Hamatsa shaman, 1914.

Reason: Member of a Canadian First Nations secret society. The expression really catches one's attention, enough so to be worth working on a file a bit smaller than the usual fare (but still enough to meet FP criteria). Restored version of File:Hamatsa shaman.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Shamanism#North_America, Hamatsa
Creator: Edward S. Curtis

Support as nominator --Durova³²² 05:03, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Illustrates the articles well. Mostlyharmless (talk) 08:17, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Certainly catches one's attention :) --Muhammad(talk) 12:51, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, nice one. J Milburn (talk) 14:26, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very unique image. Staxringold _talk^contribs 15:47, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - quite interesting, to say the least. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:40, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Noodle snacks (talk) 09:20, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom --Banzoo (talk) 00:44, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support & Comment Can I safely assume this does not exist in color anywhere? _Nezzadar_☎_ 16:45, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Considering the technology of 1914, yes. Durova³²⁶ 18:06, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Witty. Considering that I was unclear I'll rephrase. Any recent photos. Those would be in color. I'm sure the society still exists. _Nezzadar_☎_ 05:42, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Oh dear, misunderstood you. There probably are more recent photographs. For historic ethnographic material, though, there's a value to working with historic photography. Even if it's staged, as here, it still gives clues about historic practices which may have changed in a century. Durova³²⁷ 14:51, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - Still threw support behind it. It's just a damn great photo, a damn great one. Love the eyes. _Nezzadar_☎_ 03:04, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Hamatsa shaman2.jpg --jjron (talk) 12:17, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]