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Sample of embroidery with family trees. Nanais

Title:

Sample of embroidery with family trees

Ethnic groups:

Nanais

Territory:

Far East, Khabarovsk Krai, Nanai district

Date:

early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Kaplan Maria
Rubrics:

embroidery

Material:

Cloth (cotton); leather: natural leather (fish); threads: silk

Dimensions:

length 62.0; width 62.0

Number:

РЭМ 6876-150

Annotation:

Family trees are embroidered with colored floss threads on a white piece of fabric. The souls of unborn children are depicted on the branches of the family tree in the form of flowers. Childless women or those, whose children often died, asked a shaman for help, and during the ritual he made a “flight” to the family tree, choosing on its branches “the strong soul of a child" for these women.

Rus:
Образец вышивки с изображением родовых деревьев. Нанайцы