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Hunter’s calendar. Oroche

Title:

Hunter’s calendar

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

river Kusun, Ussuri Krai

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Material:

Wood; threads: plant fiber (rope)

Dimensions:

lengths 12.5; 16.0, 18.8

Number:

РЭМ 1870-100

Annotation:

Hunter’s calendar: 30 plaques, the length of two outermost ones denoting the beginning and end of a month. All plaques are sharpened on one side, and have drilled holes on the other side, through which a string is passed. The Udege knew the lunar calendar well; it had 12 months, 30 days in each. The longest batten in the middle is for the middle of the month.

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