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Shaman's rug. Evenki

Title:

Shaman's rug

Ethnic groups:

Evenki

Territory:

East Siberia, Yenisei province

Date:

late 19th - early 20th centuries

Collectors-person:
Berednikov I.I.
Rubrics:

interior decoration

Material:

Leather: natural leather: suede: skin suede (elk – Alces alces); cloth; fibers: animal: wool: reindeer hair under neck; paint

Dimensions:

length total 59.0; width 55.5

Number:

РЭМ 1985-31

Annotation:

It was considered a "storage of souls" of deer and people. In the spring, during the rite of "renewal", such images were applied to the rug with the blood of a sacrificial deer. Such a rug was used to cover the head of a neophyte (novice shaman) during initiation into shamans and during his first healing ritual.

Albums:
Sacral world of the Arctic
Rus:
Коврик шаманский «Дэтур». Эвенки