Studies in Siberian Shamanism

Toronto: Published for the Arctic Institute of North America by University of Toronto Press, 1963. Small quarto in blue matte wrappers; illus.; 229 pp., 26 cm. Very good(+) copy; wrappers are lightly to moderately worn with sunning and creaseing to the spine and spine joints along the cover and edgewear with no tears; o/w pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks, creases, notes and highlights; edges of pages are clean; binding is tight. Paperback.

In English. Series: Anthropology of the North: translations from Russian sources No. 4; Contents: Concepts of the soul among the Ob Ugrians / V.N. Chernetsov -- Early concepts about the universe among the Evenks (Materials) / G.M. Vasilevich -- The shaman's tent of the Evenks and the origin of the shamanistic rite / A.F. Anisimov -- The costume of an Enets shaman / Ye. D. Prokcfyeva -- Cosmological concepts of the peoples of the North / A.F.