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Doll woman. Nenets

Title:

Doll woman.

Ethnic groups:

Nenets

Territory:

Arkhangelsk province

Date:

Early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Material:

Fur; cloth: cloth; animal derived materials: bird’s beak

Number:

РЭМ 2833-5

Annotation:

The Nenets dolls nukhuko were made of a size not exceeding 10-15 cm, and dressed to suit their gender, in either miniature woman’s or men’s clothes. This doll whose head is made from duck’s culmen and whose body is made of a piece of felt decorated with vertically sewn multicolored cloth strips is dressed in a panitsa, women’s winter garment worn open. Abstract by I.A. Karapetova

Albums:
Family: People of One Fire
Rus:
Кукла женщина. Ненцы