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Sable’s skull with a jaw. Oroche

Title:

Sable’s skull with a jaw

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

river Hungari, Ussuri Krai

Date:

early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Material:

Bone

Dimensions:

length 9.0

Number:

РЭМ 1870-59

Annotation:

Sable’s skull with a jaw. Serves as a hunting cult object. The Orochis believed that it should not be thrown on the ground or given to dogs, otherwise there will be no luck in hunting. It was kept indoors, in an attic.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Череп соболя с челюстью. Орочи