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Pendant to shaman's costume. Evenki

Title:

Pendant to shaman's costume

Ethnic groups:

Evenki

Territory:

East Siberia, Trans-Baikal Oblast, Nerchinsk Okrug

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Material:

Suede, iron

Dimensions:

length 41.5; width 5.5

Collectors-person:
Golovachev Dmitri M.
Number:

РЭМ 1923-12

Annotation:

A back pendant for a shaman's ritual caftan. It consists of a strip of suede leather, to which iron pendants representing the shaman's helper spirits, zoomorphic, anthropomorphic, and cosmic in the form of a bird, bear, or horse, are attached via suede straps. A circle with a hole in the center symbolizes the passage to the underworld, to which are attached two anthropomorphic images of the shaman's ancestors, guardians of the entrance to the world of the dead. A copper rectangle, symbolizing heaven, is also attached to the same strip.

Rus:
Подвеска наспинная к шаманскому костюму. Эвенки