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Image of deity granting people with deer and take. Nenets

Title:

Image of deity granting people with deer and take

Ethnic groups:

Nenets

Territory:

Tobolsk province, Berezovsky district

Date:

early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Rudenko Sergei I.
Material:

Bone: animal bone (reindeer); leather: natural leather: suede: skin suede (reindeer); fur (reindeer); metal; threads: wool

Dimensions:

length 18.0; width 13.0

Number:

РЭМ 1712-246

Annotation:

According to the Nenets, Ilebyam'pertya, by the will of the supreme deity Numa, turned wild deer into domestic ones; his image was kept in a sacred sled and helped to save the family's domestic deer from death and disease.

Albums:
Sacral world of the Arctic
Rus:
Илебям’бэртя / Илебцям пэртя/(«дающий средство существования») - изображение божества, дающего людям оленей и добычу. Ненцы