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Shaman’s staff. Oroche

Title:

Shaman’s staff

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

river Hungari, Ussuri Krai

Date:

early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Material:

Wood; glass: colored glass; paint

Dimensions:

length 117.0

Number:

РЭМ 1870-40

Annotation:

A shamanic cult object. Tynju is a shaman’s staff, wooden, painted red with black stripes (imitation of a snake); the handle depicts the head of Yegda the clairvoyant. At the bottom, the staff ends in a likeness of a spear’s point. The staff was used in grand rituals during the spring calendar feast Uundi or during grand funeral receptions.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Посох шамана. Орочи