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Box with a lid. Oroche

Title:

Box with a lid

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

Ussuri Krai, village Khutu-Data

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Rubrics:

storage

Material:

Wood (birch bark); threads: cotton; paint

Dimensions:

length 17.0; length of lid 18.0

Number:

РЭМ 1870-14

Annotation:

Rectangular birch bark box with a lid; the lid has an embossed ornament painted red and blue on its surface. In the middle of the pattern is a rosette with four spirals, with bear’s heads shown on the sides. They symbolized an amulet against evil spirits. The box was used for carrying sundry little things.

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