Tiger’s image
Nanais
river Ussuri, Ussuri Krai, village Lnchikovo
late 19th - early 20th century
Wood
height 8.4; width 1.9
РЭМ 1871-41
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).
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