Kholmogory. The Nenets’ Encampment

Kholmogory

The Nenets’ Encampment

Cholmogory, the Archangelsk Province. The end of 18th century

bone, объемная carving. 25,8 х 35,5 х 47,5
Рк-211
Пост. в 1957 от А.Ф.Татаржинской (Ленинград)

Location in museum The Rossi Wing Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 2
Period 18th century
TypologyBone Carving
CategoryAnimal Painting, Genre Painting
Keywords Folk costume | children's costume | male costume | female costume | The Russian North | domestic animals
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This is a rare examples of an 18^th century table decoration. The sculptural group depicts scenes from the life of nenets in the tundra. Here you can see the inhabitants of the chum (tent made of skins or bark), hunting for bear, sledge riding and a soldier standing guard and smoking a pipe. While making the sculptures the carvers managed to solve the problem of where to place the figures in the space to create the composition. The craftsman made the figures flat, fixed them on the board covered by the bone and laid them out according to the principles of the model.

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