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Grivna, women’s neck and breast decoration. Yakuts

Title:

Grivna, women’s neck and breast decoration

Ethnic groups:

Yakuts

Date:

конец XIX века

Collectors:

Museum of the Peoples of the USSR

Rubrics:

Decorations/jewelry

Material:

Metal; leather: natural leather: suede: skin suede

Number:

РЭМ 8762-19976

Annotation:

It consists of an unclosed twisted ring and an engraved metal plate suspended on it with long chains attached to its lower edge. The grivna is the oldest type of decoration, which had previously existed among many peoples, but survived up to the 20th century among the Yakuts only. Grivnas with back and breast decorations attached to them appeared among the Yakuts in the early 19th century. Women wore them for feasts over an overcoat or fur coat. Abstract by M.V. Fedorova

Albums:
Arctic. Arctic horse-breeding
Rus:
Гривна - женское шейно-нагрудное украшение. Якуты