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Box with a lid. Oroche

Title:

Box with a lid

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

river Tumnin, Ussuri Krai, village Khutu-Data, Soviet harbor

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Rubrics:

storage

Material:

Wood (birch bark); threads: animal: tendinous cord; paint

Dimensions:

length 14.0; width 10.0; length of lid 14.5

Number:

РЭМ 1870-13

Annotation:

Flat rectangular birch bark box with a lid; the lid has an embossed ornament painted red on its surface. The box was used for carrying tobacco and sundries. The lid has a black ornament against a light background, in the form of a turtle’s figure with two heads symmetrically arranged on two sides. The turtle symbolized happiness and fertility.

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