Shaman's breast plate

Chukchee

East Siberia, Primorsky Oblast, Anadyr district

late 19th century

Fur: natural: hide (larga seal); leather: natural leather: hide; leather: natural leather: suede: skin suede (reindeer); fibers: animal: wool: reindeer hair under neck; fur (domestic dog – Canis lupus familiaris); paint

diameter 14.5

РЭМ 2105-3

Part of the costume of the shaman of the transformed sex: it is a solar sign made from the skin of a reindeer. Concentric circles on the front surface are embroidered with reindeer hair. Such badges were rare attributes of the Chukchi shamans.