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Box Oroche
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Box Oroche
Title
Box
Ethnic groups
Oroche
Territory
Ussuri Krai, river Hungari
Date
late 19th - early 20th century
Collectors-person
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Rubrics
storage
Material
Wood (birch bark); wood; leather: natural leather: suede: skin suede; threads: plant fiber: cotton; paint
Dimensions
height 23.0; diameter 9.5
Number
РЭМ 1870-65
Annotation
Cylindrical birch bark box all covered with a multicolor (white, red, blue, and black) pained ornament. Attached to the top part is the handle made of a leather band. The ornament is arch-shaped, symbolizing the snake, and 8-shaped figures as the symbol of reincarnation. The box was used to keep chopsticks.
Albums
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus
Коробка. Орочи