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Figure of a sea lion, prior to 1792
Number
МАЭ № 562-3
Read moreTitle
Figure of a sea lion
Read moreEthnicity
Kodiak Eskimos
Read moreDate
prior to 1792
Read moreCollectors-person
Material
wood, paint, sea lion whisker
Read moreDimensions
length 20.8 cm, width 2.9 cm
Read moreAnnotation
According to the collector this figure symbolizes the spirit-protector of sea animals. The figure represents the female spirit Imam Sua, the mistress of sea creatures. They believed that she lives at the bottom of the sea and appears before people in the form of a woman or a sealion.
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Ethnography of America
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Drum. 18th century
Figure of an ancestor. 18th century
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