Objects
Boys' toy. Mid-to-late 19th cent.
Boys' toy. Mid-to-late 19th cent.
Number
МАЭ № 1135-1
Title
Boys' toy
Ethnicity
Nenets
Date
Mid-to-late 19th cent.
Collectors-person
Material
reindeer skin, domestic reindeer sinew, bean goose neb, cotton, woolen cloth, aniline colourant, glass beads, brass, beads, cotton thread, mother-of-pearl, stannum
Dimensions
height without belt 14.0; width along hem 12.0
Annotation
Nenets doll “nukhuko” (toy in Nenets language) presents a young man in traditional winter cloths – parka, made of domestic reindeer skin. The head of the doll made of bean goose neb shows that the doll belongs to young men domain.
Corpus
Ethnography of Siberia