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Near and Desired Things: Shamanism in Late Imperial Local Siberian Museums

How shamanic objects shaped small museums in late imperial Siberia
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This is a standalone study with no required reading order, so it can be picked up and read from the beginning.
The book traces the growth of small museums across Siberia in the late imperial period, asking what place shamanism held in their collections and how those collections connected provincial institutions to anthropology.

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In the last decades of the Russian Empire, small museums appeared across Siberia, and shamanic material held a particular place among the objects they gathered and displayed. Marisa Karyl Franz traces the history of these local institutions and asks what role shamanism played in their collections.

The book also follows how these provincial museums connected to anthropology at home and abroad. It suits readers curious about Siberia, the history of museums, or how religious practice became a subject of scientific study.

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