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The costume of an Enets Shaman

studies in siberian shamanism, arctic institute of north america, anthropology of the north: translations from russian sources • (4) • Published In 1963 • Pages: 124-156

By: Prokofʹeva, E. D. (Ekaterina Dmitrievna).

Abstract
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 occasional indicated relationships to the garments worn by other Samoyed shamans, primarily among the Selkup, Nganasan and Nenets. The dress and related artifacts—parka, mittens, breastpiece, eyeband, shamans cap, boots, mat (platform), drum and drumsticks—were acquired by G. D. Verbov and donated by him to the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology, Academy of Sciences in the U.S.S. R. in Leningrad and now comprise collection No. 5706 of the museum. Although the bulk of the material in this source deals with an intensive study of these items, there is some incidental information on the role of the shaman in the society, division of shamans into three separate categories—the budtode who had the power to contact celestial spirits, the dyano who defended the people from malicious spirits and the savode who communicated with the world of the dead—the location and identification of the Enets, and finally, their present position under the Soviet state. The explanation to the footnotes appearing in the text will be found only in category 116, pp. 155-156, since they have been zeroed out as a whole, being subsumed under the category or categories in the text to which they refer. Additional substantive categories have been added to these notes (in brackets) only when their content presents data which differ from the main body of the text.
culture
Samoyed
HRAF PubDate
2019
Region
Asia
Sub Region
North Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1968
Field Date
no date
Notes
Ye. D. Prokofyeva
LCCN
65071263
LCSH
Samoyeds