Padko, an oblong deerskin sack

Komi; Komi

Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, district, village

Early 20th century

Fur: natural; leather: natural leather; cloth: cloth

РЭМ 7242-25

Padko, an oblong deerskin sack sewn from brown, light brown, and white fur patches. Both sides are decorated with applied patterns of narrow and short white and light brown fur strips alternating with narrow strips of multicolor cloth. The traveling bags (padko) were used to keep needlework accessories (threads, needles, and thimbles of deer horn or copper, etc.). Abstract by A.A. Chuvyurov