An Overview of the Tozhu Tyva Kham Paraphernalia in the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo.

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Abstract

This article is a report on an ongoing research project investigating the ethnographic collection brought by Ørjan Olsen from Tyva to Norway in 1914. The paper focuses only on a part of the collection—the ritual paraphernalia. The set includes the gown, headdress, footgear, and a drumstick that belonged to the Tozhu Tyva kham (shaman), who featured in Olsen’s photographs and two books about his trip to Tyva. Drawing on object analysis and indigenous storytelling and participant observation during ethnographic fieldwork as the main research methods, the project facilitates active knowledge-sharing between the host and home communities of the objects—the Museum of Cultural History of the University of Oslo and the Tozhu Tyva people in Tyva and the Tukha people in Mongolia.
Original languageEnglish
JournalShaman
Volume32
Issue number1-2
Pages (from-to)5-34
Number of pages30
ISSN1216-7827
Publication statusPublished - May 2024
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Bibliographical note

Peemot, Victoria S. 2024. “An Overview of the Tozhu Tyva Kham Paraphernalia in the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo.” Shaman: Journal of the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism 32 (1-2), 5-34.

Fields of Science

  • 5143 Social and cultural anthropology
  • cultural heritage studies
  • Museum studies
  • Indigenous and local knowledge

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