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Funeral customs of the Yakutarticle 1891 • Priklonski, Vasilij & Hoenigswald
Yakut • Asia > North Asia
Priklonski lived among the Yakut for a number of years in preparation for writing ethnological studies that were published during the latter part of the last century. Although there is included here no information concerning the field date for his st...Shamanism among the Yakutarticle 1888 • Priklonski, Vasilij & Krauss, Friedrich S.
Yakut • Asia > North Asia
Krauss made no attempt to correct any discrepancies found in the original which, he says, can be generally relied upon for its accuracy. Priklonskij not only observed the customs that he wrote about, but also backed up his observations with the impor...