Witchcraft
 

OTSIR BÖÖ - SHAMAN

This is said to be the Mongolian shaman Otsir Böö from Bajangol, standing at the cross-roads of "Kiahta-Urgan near the mountain Mankhatai". The photograph was taken by Finnish ethnographist, Sakari Pälsi in the 1910s. We are not quite sure of the geographical details.

Otsir Böö, a shaman
Copyright: Museovirasto, Finland.