Objects
Hunter’s mascot. Selkup
Hunter’s mascot. Selkup
Title
Hunter’s mascot.
Ethnic groups
Selkup
Territory
Yenisei Guberniya, Turukhansk Krai
Date
кон. XIX в.
Collectors-person
Ostrovskih Petr Ye.
Material
Number
РЭМ 1273-89
Annotation
A narrow arched metal plate with tines at the ends and in the center symbolizing deer’s antler. The mascot owned by Kuzma Kasamin was made for him by his deceased uncle, a shaman, for good luck in wild deer hunting. Going hunting, the owner sewed the mascot to the right shoulder. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva