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Chukchee

Ethnic groups:

Chukchee

Territory:

Magadan Oblast, Chukotka Autonomous Region, village Amguema

Date:

1920-е годы.

Collectors-person:
Gorbacheva Valentina
Material:

Animal derived materials: whalebone

Number:

РЭМ 11012-83/2

Annotation:

The hammer made of a thin piece of whalebone is tied to the rim with string made of reindeer sinew. The drum among the Chukchi, who are characterized by a family type of shamanism, could be used by any member of the family during the rituals of the fishing cycle and during illnesses. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva

Albums:
Sacral world of the Arctic
Rus:
Колотушка. Чукчи