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Spoon. Oroche

Title:

Spoon

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

river Samarga, Ussuri Krai

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

length 54.0; width 7.0

Number:

РЭМ 1870-69

Annotation:

Wooden spoon with a leaf-like shallow blade. The handle is slightly bent, with thin notches over the whole surface. On each edge at the stem neck there are three small rounded notches. An ornament is scratched with a knife on the stem’s face. The handle’s end is decorated, and has a hook on the reverse for hanging or resting on kitchenware’s edge. Similar spoons were used in everyday life for cooking. The handle was often decorated with fine carved ornament or plain line notches, which prevented slipping during use.

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