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Bear’s image. Nanais

Title:

Bear’s image

Ethnic groups:

Nanais

Territory:

river Ussuri, Ussuri Krai, village Iman

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

length 4.8

Number:

РЭМ 1871-43

Annotation:

Sevuen Duente yarga, a shamanic cult object. It is a wooden figurine of a bear with an anthropomorphic rider. The bear’s master has two small wings instead of arms; his belt is a snake with two heads. The shaman made it for himself.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Изображение медведя. Нанайцы