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Ski pole tip. Oroche

Title:

Ski pole tip

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

river Khor, Ussuri Krai, village Surpai

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Material:

Bone

Dimensions:

length 11.0

Number:

РЭМ 1870-109

Annotation:

Carved from horn in the shape of an irregular triangle. In the center are three round holes: a large one in the middle for slipping over the pole and two smaller ones on the sides for fastening with belts. Three protrusions with triangular cutouts. Pegule, a movable stopper, part of a staff. Usually it looked like a wooden ring attached to the base with leather belts. Pegules carved from wapiti’s bone or horns also occur.

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