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Box with a lid. Oroche

Title:

Box with a lid

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

river Uy, Ussuri Krai, Soviet harbor

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Rubrics:

storage

Material:

Wood (birch bark); wood; threads: plant fiber; paint

Dimensions:

height 19.0; length 20.0; length of lid 20.0

Number:

РЭМ 1870-17

Annotation:

Tali tsykty, a large birch bark box with a lid. The base is square, while the walls form a round top in the upper part. The vessel’s base is painted, and a slit curvilinear ornament is provided from the mouth downwards on four sides. The lid is not ornamented. The box was used to store fish and leather.

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