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Adzekhe, an amulet for successful sable hunting. Nanais

Title:

Adzekhe, an amulet for successful sable hunting

Ethnic groups:

Nanais

Territory:

river Anyui, Primorsky Oblast, Ussuri Krai, village Takhsale

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Material:

Metal: copper; glass: colored glass; threads: cotton

Dimensions:

length of figurine 5.0; beads 54.0

Number:

РЭМ 1871-48

Annotation:

The figurine consists of two anthropomorphic copper figures connected by short protrusions ("hands") together. Small protrusions are instead of unconnected hand. With the help of a strap, the figurines are fixed on a string of blue, white and black multicolored beads. Hunters who went to sable hunt wore an amulet on chests. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva.