Objects
Choron, kumiss vessel. Yakuts
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
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