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Frogs’ images. Nanais

Title:

Frogs’ images

Ethnic groups:

Nanais

Territory:

river Bikin, Ussuri Krai, village Khozengolu

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

height 4.5; width 2.0

Number:

РЭМ 1871-42/1

Annotation:

Sevuen khara, a shamanic cult object. It is flat wooden figurines of frogs, to be sewn to the hem of the shaman’s shirt. They are images of the shaman’s helper ghosts.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Фигурка. Нанайцы