What do Images on Drumheads tell? Stories of Two Khakas Drums Brought to Finland in 1917

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Abstract

Descriptions of ethnographic objects in the museum and private collections often offer a scarce information about their origin and meanings which the craftsmen ascribed to materials and drawings. This article aims to establish provenance of two drums leaning on shapes of the drumheads and handles and visual elements as analytical tools. Two drums, which are in the focus of this paper, were brought by the Finnish geologist J. J. Sederholm in 1917 from the expedition to Uriankhai (currently, the Tyva Republic in Russian Federation).
Original languageEnglish
JournalShaman
Volume31
Issue number1-2
Pages (from-to)117-146
Number of pages30
ISSN1216-7827
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2023
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

  • 5143 Social and cultural anthropology
  • Heritage studies
  • Shamanism
  • Material Culture
  • Indigenous Studies

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