Mugde - Image of shaman's ancestor
Evenki
East Siberia, Yenisei province
late 19th century
Wood; metal: iron; metal: copper; cloth: cotton; glass (glass beads); leather: natural leather: suede: skin suede (elk – Alces alces); glass: colored glass; fur: natural (red squirrel – Sciurus vulgaris); fur: natural; bone: animal bone; fibers: animal: wool: reindeer hair under neck; fur: natural
diameter 20.0; height 29.5
РЭМ 1757-10
It is made of a curved ring-shaped root (butt) of the “family tree” (larch), where the souls of the future shamans of the clan “grew”. The image of the shaman's ancestor was one of the first and main attributes of the shaman. According to the Evenks, Mugde determined the paths of the shaman, gave advice and songs.
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