fashionsfromhistory:
Shaman's Crown
19th Century
This headdress of a "big" Evenk shaman (avun) finished of foil was part of a full ritual hold discolored by a shaman for very impressive finances and rituals. The structure of this headdress reflects its clear meaning and contains an obsolete image of the warning of the Universe. The clang embodies the awareness of the bunged space of the world of motherland and firm earth. Two journey arcs symbolize the parts of the world and the seasons. The infinite set up that reflects the sacral basis of the Universe is embodied in the horns of the mythical deer that stands for the sun in the mythical beliefs of the peoples of northern Asia. The deer was one of the widespread script in the myth about the space hunt and embodied the obsolete concepts of the day and night and the infinite order. The horns also symbolized the sacred deer - the isolated spirit of the shaman, his mouthful animal that he rode to travel to other worlds. Want very much cloth decorations personify snakes and lizards, the shaman's powerful helpers that grasp him in his "appointments" to the markdown world. They also symbolize the sacred birch - the totem tree of the shaman. It is also joined with the Globe Tree that symbolizes the Universe as a whole and Axis mundi - the infinite gathering place relating the spheres of the Universe. Such ritual headdresses were with reservations referred to as "crowns". (The VCM)
The Kunstkamera via the VCM
Source: my-spiritual-path.blogspot.com
