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The Sel'kupsessay 1964 • Prokofʹeva, E. D. (Ekaterina Dmitrievna)
Samoyed • Asia > North Asia
This source is a compact fact-filled ethnographic summary of the Selkups prior to 1917 based on data by G. N. Prokofyeva. Hunting and fishing activities are discussed with relative detail; dwellings, diet, social structure, and religious beliefs are ...The costume of an Enets Shamanarticle 1963 • Prokofʹeva, E. D. (Ekaterina Dmitrievna)
Samoyed • Asia > North Asia
This source presents a detailed description of the clothing and paraphernalia of a female Enets shaman, Savone by name, a member of the Bay group who lived at the time of the study near the community of Potapovskoye-Igarka in northern Siberia, with o...The ornamentation of the Selkuparticle 1950 • Prokofʹeva, E. D. (Ekaterina Dmitrievna) & Bromwich, Leo
Samoyed • Asia > North Asia
This article compares the bank ornamentation of the three groups of Selkup: the Taz, Baishensk, and Narym. The author states which objects are decorated, how some of these objects are made, the different types of designs used, and the methods used fo...