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Clam, a food item. Oroche

Title:

Clam, a food item

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

Biza Bay, Ussuri Krai, Soviet harbor

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Material:

Specific materials: food products

Dimensions:

length 9.5

Number:

РЭМ 1870-22

Annotation:

Crescent-shaped petrified plate of a protomollusc (chiton). The core of the Orochi’s ration was meat and fish. Seafood was considered a dainty and eaten raw.

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