Olga B. Stepanova

Place of work

Organization:
Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) of Russian Academy of Sciences
Position:
research fellow
Degree:
candidate of historical sciences
SPIN:
3295-2475
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2130-2695
Web of Science ResearcherID:
AAD-3394-2019
Scopus Author ID:
36641992800

Author's articles(2)

Traditional Selkup Belt: Origin, Manufacture, Symbolism, Application

27.05.2020

Annotation

the article is devoted to the theme “Thing in culture”, and more specifically, “Thing in Selkup culture”. The aim of the study is to consider the belt, an attribute of the traditional outer clothing of the Selkups. It is outlined that the preservation of this element of culture can be highly estimated: during field work among the Selkups, author had an opportunity to see various belts, male and female ones, stored in families and presented in museums. It is emphasized that the Selkup belts are very beautiful, bright, decorated with seed bead and cast brass pendants. The article contains inform...
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The Sacred Landscape of the Northern Selcups: The Losyl-Lakka Sanctuary on Lozyl-to Lake

18.11.2020

Annotation

the article is devoted to the most famous ancient sanctuary of the northern Selkups – Shaman Mountain Lozyl-lakka on Lozyl-to Lake. The purpose of the study is to combine the information available about it in the scientific literature and in the author's field archive and to find out what this object of the sacred landscape is. The research methods were description, semantic analysis and fieldwork. The result of the study was the conclusion that Lozyl-lakka is a family sanctuary, where sacrifices were made to the spirits-masters of the ancestral fishing grounds, on which the success of members...
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