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Pendant to the ritual costume of deceased shaman Muksunov buried at the mouth of the Inbatka River. Selkup

Title:

Pendant to the ritual costume of deceased shaman Muksunov buried at the mouth of the Inbatka River.

Ethnic groups:

Selkup

Territory:

Turukhansk Krai, Yenisei province

Date:

кон. XIX в. – нач. XX в.

Collectors-person:
Ostrovskih Petr Ye.
Material:

Metal: iron

Number:

РЭМ 1273-71/2

Annotation:

A figurine with a head on a curved neck, a long body, and bent wings symbolizing the swan(?), the shaman’s helper ghost. The swan and the diver, as the shaman’s helper ghosts, followed him during his travels across the worlds of the Universe. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva

Albums:
Arctic. Ancient bronze. Smithcraft
Rus:
Подвеска к ритуальной одежде умершего шамана Муксунова, похороненного при устье р. Инбатка. Селькупы