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Religious material


Religious material incorporates artefacts related to practising both pre-Christian and Christian religions and burial rites. The remains of the deceased can also be included in this group.
Shaman drums and related artefacts. Artefacts include metal rings placed on the drum during drumming as well as presents given and attached to the drum.

  • Drum hammers
  • Sieidi or sacred wooden or stone statues
  • Burial artefacts such as objects placed in a grave or objects or material related to the grave's structure(s)
  • Finds from bear burials such as their bones and any metal or other artefacts sacrificed in conjunction with the burial
  • Other religious artefacts from the pre-Christian era
  • Any objects and artefacts placed in graves or related to their structures
  • Artefacts and structures of churches built in the Sámi region
  • Artefacts related to recovering from illnesses
  • Bone material

 
   
   
   
 
 

Paper icon, Finland.

Museovirasto/Krister Katva 1974
 

Grave cross, Finland.





 
   

 

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