Wooden Stopper Or Funnel For Kumys Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jul 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Museum Of Academy Of Sciences Leningrad
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Made of section of log, the lower rounded part being slightly decorated."
label: Notes
content: Identified by Zinaida Ivanova, Arctic Institute of Culture and Arts, Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia Federation, 11-7-2012 as stopper/funnel, used with a koumiss bag like E352248.
label: Notes
content: Kumys (kumis, kumiss or koumiss) is a fermented milk product traditionally made from mare's milk (though industrial-scale production today generally uses cow's milk), which is popular in Central Asia, parts of Russia, and Eastern Europe. It is consumed both as food as well as an alcoholic drink.
label: Notes
content: Reference: Ivanova-Unarova, Zinaida, 2017. Siberian Collections in the U.S. Museums. Yakutsk. Object is identified there: Funnel, hoof-shaped. Kenkeley. 19th century, second half. Wood (birch). Dimensional, contoured, three-side notched carving, hollowing. H.: 28.5, D.: 16. A hollow funnel inserted with the smooth side into the neck of simir leather bag. A churn stick with a long shaft is passed through it into the simir to churn mare milk from which kumys is produced. The funnel is shaped like a kytyia wooden bowl and is decorated with parallel rows of simple geometric ornament in the form of stripes and notches. In the centre of the 'bowl' is a mesh ornament. There is a crack at the mouth of the funnel. All items needed for preparing and ritual drinking of kumys are considered to be sacred.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Aldan & Lena Rivers Area, Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yakut (Sakha)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 103666
label: USNM Number
content: E352227-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Funnel
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 28.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 16 cm