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Smoother. Golds; Nanais

Title:

Smoother

Ethnic groups:

Golds; Nanais

Territory:

river Ussuri, Primorsky Oblast, Ussuri Krai, Fuji Village

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

length 22.0

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Number:

РЭМ 1871-58/2

Annotation:

Carved from wood. A small, slightly bent stick with a flat surface on the bent part. The outer surface is decorated with embossed lines and carving with slit figured holes on the end. Most often smoothers were made of wood, but ivory ones occur too. They could also be replaced with knife handles.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Гладилка. Гольды (нанайцы); нанайцы