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Shaman Sanak Seyanov's tambourine. Altaн-Sayans Tatars; Altai: Tubalar

Title:

Shaman Sanak Seyanov's tambourine

Ethnic groups:

Altaн-Sayans Tatars; Altai: Tubalar

Territory:

Teletsk Lake, river Biya, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Oirot autonomous region, aimak

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Glukhov A.N.
Material:

Wood; paint; leather: natural leather; metal: copper; cloth; metal: iron

Dimensions:

d 72.0

Number:

РЭМ 4332-128

Annotation:

The handle in the form of an anthropomorphic image symbolized the patron spirit of the shaman, the ribbons are hung in gratitude for the successful ritual. The drawings on the inner and outer sides of the tire (membrane) represent symbolic images of the worlds with their inhabitants: stars, rainbows, clouds, taiga; moon and month, Master of the sea and taiga, archery shaman; a deer and a female deer with a cub, a wild goat with a female and a kid.