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"Model of prehistoric shaman in Gobustan National Park Museum. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
"Model of prehistoric shaman in Gobustan National Park Museum. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
Object Number 2019.5.1.29
Display Title "Model of prehistoric shaman in Gobustan National Park Museum. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
Descriptions
Classification
  • Photographic
Department Photographic
Date 2015
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Azerbaijan / Baku / Qobustan
Materials Digital
Quantity 1
Credit Line Robert Gardner Fellow

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Image Not Available for "Model of a prehistoric shaman on display at Gobustan National Park Museum. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
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"Tarlan, an Azerbaijani shaman, plays Gaval Dash, the 'tambourine stone' in Gobustan National Park. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
2019.5.1.28 "Tarlan, an Azerbaijani shaman, plays Gaval Dash, the 'tambourine stone' in Gobustan National Park. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
Photographic
Qobustan
Image Not Available for "Petroglyphs, some more than 12,000 years old, adorn Gobustan National Park, A 'transpersonal therapist,' regularly travels from the capital to perform shamanic rituals at the prehistoric site. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
2019.5.2.20 "Petroglyphs, some more than 12,000 years old, adorn Gobustan National Park, A 'transpersonal therapist,' regularly travels from the capital to perform shamanic rituals at the prehistoric site. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
Print
Qobustan
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2019.5.1.27 "Shamanic ritual on Tanredag holy mountain. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
Photographic
Qobustan
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Baku
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Photographic
Baku
"The shrine of Mir Movsum Aga, the 'Boneless One,' a holy man who performed miracles and was believed to have no bones. Shuvalan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
2019.5.1.25 "The shrine of Mir Movsum Aga, the 'Boneless One,' a holy man who performed miracles and was believed to have no bones. Shuvalan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
Photographic
Shuvalan
"Some of the hundreds of letters of gratitude sent from all over the Soviet Union to the doctors at Naftalan, now in the collection of the town museum. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2012"
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Photographic
Naftalan
"For decades, the town museum has collected walking sticks and crutches left by Naftalan patients. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2012"
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Photographic
Naftalan
"The oil fields of Ramana, owned and managed by SOCAR (State, Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic). Baku, Azerbaijan, 2010"
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Photographic
Baku
"A sturgeon in the pond at the Ramsar Palace Museum and botanical gardens. Ramsar, Iran, 2015"
2019.5.1.32 "A sturgeon in the pond at the Ramsar Palace Museum and botanical gardens. Ramsar, Iran, 2015"
Photographic
Ramsar
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Photographic
Astara