Features of images representing the deceased of the Northern Khanty and Mansi in the second half of the 20th — early 21st century

• Published in: VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII, ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII
• Main Author: Bogordayeva A.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RA 2019
• Subjects: funeral rites; cult of ancestors; doll; itterma (image representing the deceased); traditional clothes; Northern Khanty; Northern Mansi; malitsa; sovik; false braids; Archaeology; CC1-960; Neral; khanty; khanty-mansi; nenets; Synya; Mansi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2019-45-2-117-131; https://doaj.org/article/717a03b4e2db48a6b2e8dfed2af1196c

Long-standing traditions of the Northern Khanty and Mansi, which have been preserved to the present day, include making anthropomorphic dolls upon people’s death. A doll appears to be a vehicle for one of the spirits of the deceased person. It was made and dressed during the funeral ceremony. To dat...