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Small spoons. Golds; Nanais

Title:

Small spoons

Ethnic groups:

Golds; Nanais

Territory:

river Iman, Primorsky Oblast, Ussuri Krai, Wagunbe Village

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Arseniev Vladimir K.
Material:

Wood; cloth: cotton

Dimensions:

lengths 32.0, 34.0

Number:

РЭМ 1871-54/2

Annotation:

Flat wooden spoons with small leaf-shaped blades. The outer side of the handle has a carved traditional ornament, and the end is forked. The whole surface of the spoons is covered with embossed lines. Broths and porridges were eaten with such spoons. The stems were decorated with fine carving with moving elements. The spoons were kept in special birch bark or woven cylindrical vessels.

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