Baryshev I.
Abstract. The article reviews possible morphological features and semantic interpretations of the religious sculpture from the sanctuaries of the Vaygach Island, which had communicative functions and served as a link between mortals and deities. Nenets considered it to be a special material manifestation of spirits in their sanctuaries.
Key words: sanctuaries of the Vaygach island, Nenets culture, shamanism, idol, syadey.
Baryshev Ilya Borisovich,
Head of Sector Research cultural and natural heritage of the Arctic,
D.S. Likhachev’s Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Cultural
and Natural Heritage (Moscow),
e-mail: arct34@mail.ru