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Tiger’s image. Nanais

Title:

Tiger’s image

Ethnic groups:

Nanais

Territory:

river Ussuri, Ussuri Krai, village Lnchikovo

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

height 8.4; width 1.9

Number:

РЭМ 1871-41

Annotation:

Sevuen amba, a shamanic cult object: a wooden figurine of a tiger standing on four paws. The tiger’s image was made by the shaman for himself. Sometimes it is installed on a stick at the shaman’s house (for which an opening is provided in the tiger’s back).