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Sevokhi, a cult object. Oroche

Title:

Sevokhi, a cult object

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

river Tumnin, Ussuri Krai, Soviet harbor, village Khutu-Data

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Material:

Wood; wood (shavings); glass: colored glass; leather: natural leather: suede: skin suede; metal; fibers: plant fiber; paint

Dimensions:

base: 11.0x13.0; height 14.5; height of figurines 9.0

Number:

РЭМ 1870-2

Annotation:

Sevokhi, a curing cult object. This Sevokhi is a little house with a quadrangular base and a V-shaped top part, no front wall, inside the house are two tiny human figures covered with wood shavings. The whole house is covered with long shavings on the sides, which indicates its sacral nature. Made by the shaman’s instruction for a man with sore eyes.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Предмет культа «севохи». Орочи