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Avun, headgear. Even

Title:

Avun, headgear.

Ethnic groups:

Even

Territory:

Yakut Oblast, Okrug

Date:

кон. XIX - нач. ХХ вв.

Material:

Skin suede, reindeer hair under neck, natural leather

Collectors-person:
Number:

РЭМ 1186-5

Annotation:

Made of deerskin suede in the form of a bonnet, closely fitting the head and covering the ears; glutton fur trimming (?). Decorated with multicolor leather strips and embroidery with hair of under reindeer’s neck. Caps of this style were worn by both men and women; in summer, they were made from deerskin suede, and in winter, from deer fur. Abstract by M.V. Fedorova

Albums:
Arctic people’s clothes
Rubrics:

Costume, headdress

Rus:
Головной убор «авун». Эвены