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Shaman's rug. Evenki
Shaman's rug. Evenki
Title
Shaman's rug
Ethnic groups
Evenki
Territory
East Siberia, Yenisei Guberniya
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.