Time of Dreams: Siberian Shamanism
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1989.7.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Slapins, Andris, 1949-1991
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content: Andris Slapins films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (1 hour 9 minutes, black-and-white sound; 2490 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.