Time of Dreams: Siberian Shamanism
Object Details
- Local Number
- HSFA 1989.7.1
- Collection Creator
- Slapins, Andris, 1949-1991
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- Andris Slapins films
- Sponsor
- Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
- Extent
- Film reels (1 hour 9 minutes, black-and-white sound; 2490 feet)
- Date
- 1982
- Archival Repository
- Human Studies Film Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Film reels
- Collection Citation
- Andris Slapins films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- Edited film documents the traditions and ritual practices of several Chukchi shamans. The film includes scenes at winter camps where shamans perform curing ceremonies that involve trance and reindeer sacrifice, shamanic drumming and dancing inside a skin dwelling, and the diagnosis of patients followed by "cupping" on the shoulders and back. Film includes historical footage of a Siberian shamanic performance in the Amur River area shot by Russian anthropologist A. Arsenev.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
- Record ID
- ebl-1633046503436-1633046503440-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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