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Shaman's breast plate. Chukchee

Title:

Shaman's breast plate

Ethnic groups:

Chukchee

Territory:

East Siberia, Primorsky Oblast, Anadyr district

Date:

late 19th century

Collectors-person:
Sokolnikov Nikolai P.
Material:

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

Dimensions:

diameter 14.5

Number:

РЭМ 2105-3

Annotation:

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.

Albums:
Sacral world of the Arctic
Rus:
Нагрудный знак шамана. Чукчи