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Accessories for protection of archer’s arm during shooting, Chukchi, Eskimos
Adz, comb for grass, scraper for processing of marine mammal intestines, Eskimo
Ancient tomb of a shaman, Yakut
Appliances for making fire by friction with a bunch of family charms, Chukchi
Armour and helmet of a warrior, Chukchi
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Balls for games: 1) foot 2) hand, Chukchi, Eskimos
Blubber lamp for heating and lighting of the lodge, Chukchi
‘Boards of conjuration’ for performing of rites at holidays, Chukchi
‘Boards of conjuration’ for performing of rites at holidays, fragment, Chukchi
Bow related to the solar cult among the Yukaghirs of the taiga (Nelemnoe)
Box for fur and silver things, Yakut
Box for sewing appliances, Yakut
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Calendars: 1) weekly 2) monthly and weekly, Yakut
Case for fire-making flint and steel, Eveni
Ceremonial shaman’s coat, Koryak
Ceremony at sunrise at the beginning of the traditional Yakut festival of Isahar
Chest panels: 1) woman’s 2) man’s
Chorons – cups for koumiss (fermented mare’s milk), Yakut
Chukchi woman with children at the entrance to the yarang
Chukchi yurangas on the tundra
Chukchis in traditional costume
The Conquest of Siberia by Yermak, detail (front line), Vasily Surikov
The Conquest of Siberia by Yermak, detail (indigenous archers), Vasily Surikov
The Conquest of Siberia by Yermak, Vasily Surikov
The Conquest of the New Regions in Russia, Klavdiy Vasilievich Lebedev
Cover for a saddle-bag, Evenki
Cross, worn on the body, Yakuts
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The dance ohuokhai, the Yakut festival of Isahar
Dancing at a harvest festival, Kamchatka
Dancing at a Kamchatka religious festival, Itelmen
Dish for treating of guests, Yakut
Distant Forests, Ivan Shishkin
E/F
Empties, Illarion Pryanishnikov
Evenki on reindeer-back, Evenki
Female shaman with drum surrounded by villagers, Koryak
Flapper for fanning mosquitoes away, Yakut
Flintlock with stand and powder kit, gun kit, Chukchi
Fragment of woman’s chest panel, Eveni
G/H
Girl’s caftan, back view, Evenki
Girl’s outfit, front view, Evenki
Hat of a “transformed” shaman, detail, Yukaghir
Head-dress of a seriously ill patient, Eveni
Hunter performing a ritual over a slain bear, Evenki
Hunter with the skin of a fox he has killed, Chukchi
I/K
In the Wilds of the North, after Mikhail Lermontov’s verse The Pine, Ivan Shishkin
Koryak woman preparing to cook the meat of a reindeer that has been sacrificed
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Lake Baikal: the traders of Omul
Lake Lama, on the Taimyr Peninsula
Leather kickball and dolls, Chukchi, Tlingit
The Lena on the break-up of the ice
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Mallet for shaman’s tambourine, Evenki
Man’s burial outfit, back view, Koryak
Man’s burial outfit, front view, Koryak
Man’s holiday trousers, back view, Koryak
Man’s holiday trousers, front view, Koryak
Man’s cremation costume, Koryak
Model ‘Hunter in the canoe’, Eskimo
Model of the Imperial Trans-Siberian Railway and a Fabergé Egg
O/P/N
Northeastern edge of the Chukotka Peninsula
On the Road, the Death of a Resettler, Sergei Ivanov
Oversleeves of a warrior, Chukchi
The people of the tundra, Chukchi
Pipe for smoking tobacco during public gatherings, Chukchi
Pipe in the form of woman’s figure, Koryak
Q/R
Quiver for arrows, fragment, Chukchi
Reindeer herders in the taiga, Eveni
Reindeer sled crossing a shallow lake, Khanty
Reindeer-herders in the tundra, Chukchi
Repairing the Railroad, Konstantin Savitsky
Request for future abundance during a ritual for Chukchi reindeer-herders
Ritual celebration at a religious festival, Itelmen
Ritual spoon and cup in the form of a boat, Eskimo
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A Shaman, sketch for ‘The Conquest of Siberia by Yermak’, Vasily Surikov
Scoop for pouring koumiss (fermented mare’s milk), Yakut
Sculpture ‘Reindeer breeder on the sledge’, Yakut
Shaman beating drum. Siberian School
Shaman outfit, back view, Manjagir
Shaman outfit, front view, Manjagir
Shaman tambourine, fragment, Evenki
Shaman with representations of the spirits, Evenki
Shaman. Part of the exposition ‘Nations of Siberia’, Evenki
Siberian Beauty, Vasily Surikov
Small bag for woman’s fancy-work tools, Yukaghir
Small plank for throwing of harpoons and darts, Aleut
Small plastic artwork – picture of water birds and fastener in the form of bear, Eskimo
Small plastic artwork ‘Bear holding fish in his mouth’, Koryak
Small plastic artwork ‘Before cutting of the walrus carcass’, Koryak
Small plastic artwork ‘Dressing of reindeer head’, Koryak
Small plastic artwork ‘Hunting for bear’, Chukchi
Small plastic artwork ‘Journey, riding the reindeer’, Chukchi
Small plastic artwork ‘Nude woman’, Koryak
Small plastic artwork: ‘Hunting for walrus’, Chukchi
Small plastic artwork: ‘Killer-whale holding a seal with its teeth’, Eskimo
Small plastic artworks ‘Tea-drinking’ and ‘Meal’, Koryak
Small plastic artworks ‘Wrestlers’, ‘Game of Chess’, ‘Outweighing of stick’, Koryak
Snow-flapper for ‘shaking down sins’ from the deceased person, Koryak
Sorcerer Coming to Peasants’ Wedding, Vasily Maximov
Spiritually protective robe, Nanai
Stenka Razin, detail, Vasily Surikov
Steppes near Minussinsk, Vasily Surikov
Swampy area in the region of Yakutsk
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Toys in the form of horses, Yakut
Toys: 1) reindeer 2) bull-calf, Yakut
Transport Returns to Normal, Boris Yakovlev
The tundra under the spring snows (May)
Tusk with coloured engraving (1st side), Chukchi 1, 2, 3
Tusk with coloured engraving (2nd side), Chukchi 1, 2
Tusk with coloured engraving (2nd side), detail, Chukchi
Tusk with coloured engraving (2nd side), fragment, Chukchi 1, 2
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Walrus tusk showing Kelet myth, Chukchi
Ware for koumiss (fermented mare’s milk), used during the Ysyakh holiday, Yakut
Weapons of hunting on land (bow, arrows and spear), Aleut
‘Winged object’ and handle, Eskimo
Winter outfit of an elderly man, back view, Chukchi
Winter outfit of an elderly man, front view, Chukchi
Woman preparing food near a stove inside a yurt, 1913
Woman shaman Linza Beldi, Nanai
Woman’s earrings, man’s ring, Yakut
Woman’s holiday clothes, Koryak
Woman’s outfit, back view, Eveni
Woman’s winter outfit, Chukchi
Woman’s head covering, detail, Buryat
Wooden shaman doll used in reindeer ritual, Koryak
Wrestling-match for Chukchis during a festival
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Yakut summer encampment at haymaking time
Yakuts in national costume making koumiss for the festival of Isyakh
Yakuts in traditional festive costume