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Ilbukhe plummets. Oroche

Title:

Ilbukhe plummets

Ethnic groups:

Oroche

Territory:

river Tumnin, Ussuri Krai, Data

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Material:

Stone; wood (birch bark); threads: plant fiber (rope)

Dimensions:

length total 14.0

Number:

РЭМ 1870-33

Annotation:

A bundle of seine plummets of water-polished sea stones (shingles) wrapped in birch bark, packed with a string, and tightly tied together. Nets and seines were also widespread, made from nettle threads wetted with elk blood. To the lower edge of a single net, stone plummets were tied, and to the upper edge, birch or poplar bark floats were tied.