SELKUP <i>MAN'SHCHIKS</i>: THEIR ORIGIN, PRODUCTION AND USE
The study identifies Selkup man'shchiks , wooden imitations of ducks used by Selkups for duck hunting, which were brought by the author from an expedition to replenish the collections of the MAE. The study was initiated by the question when this type of objects appeared in the life of Selkups, which arose during her registration of the man'shchiks for the MAE storage. The study examines the ways of duck hunting and hunting with the use of man'shchiks in the past and present among Selkups and neighboring peoples. It analyses Siberian traditions of bird imagery and evaluates the carpentry skills of Selkups. The author examines the man'shchiks for the presence of symbolic meanings by measuring the proportion of “thingness” and “significance”, which enables her to identify their semiotic status in the Selkup culture. As a result of the study, the attribution of the man'shchiks to the original Selkup hunting tradition is confirmed.