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Box Oroche

Title:

Box

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

river Hungari, Ussuri Krai

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