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Choron, kumiss vessel. Yakuts

Title:

Choron, kumiss vessel

Ethnic groups:

Yakuts

Territory:

Yakut Oblast, Yakut Okrug

Date:

кон. XIX в. – нач. XX в.

Collectors-person:
Popov Andrei
Material:

Wood

Number:

РЭМ 1137-19

Annotation:

Choron, kumiss vessel, goblet-shaped, with a round body on a conical stem with a wide foot. The cup’s surface is decorated over the whole periphery with a carved geometric ornament: diamond-shaped cells, zigzagged, ribbed. The choron was a symbol of plenty, happiness, and wealth. It had a special place in the traditional culture of the Sakha (Yakut) people, and was the main object at the Yssyakh feast, or the Yakut New Year. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva

Albums:
Arctic. Arctic horse-breeding
Rus:
Чорон - сосуд для кумыса. Якуты