The article was written to fill the gap in ethnographic knowledge and to present a detailed description of the costume of Shaman, its elements, and their significance.

In the Yakutia Region, V. bought such Shamanic costume from one of local Shamans and made its thorough description. For the article the authors also used a costume got for the Ethnographic Department from the Tsarskoe Selo Arsenal in 1908. The authors mention that they can not give a complete description of Shamanic costume because various coats differ strongly, although they have some common elements. In the course of attribution of the costume, the authors enter into the polemic about the classification of Shamans into white and black ones; they come to the conclusion that the coat from Tsarskoe Selo belonged to a black Shaman.

Then, they give a detailed description of that coat. They agree with the specialist in Shamanism, Troshchansky, that attached anthropomorphic and zoomorphic details of the costume signified protectors of the Shaman. They note the absence an accordance in the research literature in the interpretation of such images; for some scholars those plates meant some ‘monsters’ from the world of spirits. Among the unique elements of the coat there was a through hole in the form of a ring — but the author did not give its interpretation, they just show one analogy to it. They made thorough illustrations — drawings and photos of the attached elements, and the ornaments of the costume. They try to find an explanation for each element on the base of the works by their colleagues; at the end, they conclude that the Shamanic costume in general was a symbol of the spirit-protector of Shaman, who was similar to a human being and a bird at once.

A drum from Yakutia was also described in all its details; but because the literature on such drums had been numerous, the author decided to stop at the general meaning of the object. They interpreted it as a vehicle for Shaman’s travels — to beat at the drum meant to come into teh ecstatic state. At that, P. and V. note that neither drum, nor mallet are necessary elements of the ritual of kamlanie; they give examples, when Shamans used common stick or leather belt, when they had no drum at hand.

The article contains numerous illustrations, including the Shamanic costume as a whole, and its important elements.