▁H ul un bu ir ▁Pref ect ure , ▁in ▁the ▁Inner ▁Mong ol ian ▁Aut onom ous ▁Region . ▁While ▁not ▁a ▁particularly ▁good ▁inform ant , ▁she ▁described ▁her ▁init iat ory ▁ill ness , ▁her ▁multi year ▁app rent ices hip ▁with ▁a ▁Mong ol ▁sh aman ▁before ▁being ▁allowed ▁to ▁he al ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 5 ▁or ▁ 2 6 , ▁and ▁the ▁tor ments ▁she ▁experienced ▁during ▁the ▁Cultural ▁Revolution ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁when ▁most ▁of ▁her ▁sh aman ic ▁par aph ernal ia ▁was ▁destroyed . ▁Mong ol ▁and ▁Buddh ist ▁L ama ist ▁influ ences ▁on ▁her ▁ind igen ous ▁practice ▁of ▁sh am ans im ▁were ▁evident . ▁She ▁hid ▁her ▁prize ▁possession — an ▁Ab ag ald i ▁( b ear ▁spirit ) ▁sh aman ▁mask , ▁which ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁documented ▁among ▁the ▁Mong ols ▁and ▁D auer ▁pe op les ▁in ▁the ▁region . ▁The ▁field ▁report ▁and ▁color ▁photograph s ▁of ▁this ▁sh aman ▁are ▁available ▁online . ▁ ▁Ol ga ▁K ud r ina ▁( c . ▁ 1 8 9 0 – 1 9 4 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁sh aman ▁among ▁the ▁Rein de er ▁Even ki ▁of ▁northern ▁Inner ▁Mong olia ▁along ▁the ▁Am ur ▁River ' s ▁Great ▁B end ▁( today ▁under ▁the ▁juris diction ▁of ▁Gen he , ▁H ul un bu ir ). ▁ ▁Notable ▁Even ks ▁ ▁Bomb og or ▁( d . ▁