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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

Material:

Metal, wool

Dimensions:

length 18.0; width 13.0

Collectors-person:
Rudenko Sergei I.
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.