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Cup. Chinese

Title:

Cup

Ethnic groups:

Chinese

Territory:

river Takema, Primorsky Oblast, Ussuri Krai

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors:

Museum of the Peoples of the USSR

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

diameter 13.0; height 5.0

Number:

РЭМ 8761-11129

Annotation:

Gouged from wood swelling (gnarl), with a wide round mouth and a narrower bottom. Wooden tableware was common among the Chinese (“manza”). But its feature was plain, and sometimes coarse, making compared to wooden utensils of neighboring peoples.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Чашка. Китайцы