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Chopsticks. Golds; Nanais

Title:

Chopsticks

Ethnic groups:

Golds; Nanais

Territory:

river Bikin, Primorsky Oblast, Ussuri Krai, Sigou Village

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

length 26.0

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Number:

РЭМ 1871-55

Annotation:

Twin wooden sticks. Carved on the end of each are alternating lines and zigzags; the knobs are ball-shaped. Small through holes are made under the carving. Chopsticks were carved not only from wood but also from bone. Some of them were works of art of a kind, so fine their carved patterns were. Often, a pair of sticks was tied together with threads or cords, with beads strung on them.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Палочки для еды. Гольды (нанайцы); нанайцы