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Quail-pipe. Oroche

Title:

Quail-pipe

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

river Kusun, Ussuri Krai

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

length 22.5; width 4.5

Number:

РЭМ 1870-102

Annotation:

A pipe rolled from a birch bark tape, widening from the mouthpiece to the flare. Booningkoo, a quail-pipe for Manchurian wapiti, was also made from two halved of a willow trunk. Sometimes it was provided with a wooden mouthpiece with a bronze plate. It was only used for hunting, because its use in chanting and dancing was strictly forbidden by folk law.