Wooden Cup
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: "For kumys. Three feet carved in the form of horses hoofs. Surface ornamented like 352241."
label: Notes
content: Identified by Zinaida Ivanova, Arctic Institute of Culture and Arts, Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia Federation, 11-7-2012 as ceremonial cup, used for fermented mare's milk/koumiss.
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: Goblet, ornamented. Choron. 19th century, first half. Birch, metal (brass). Dimensional, contoured, three-side notched carving, hollowing, forging, bartack. H.: 17.4, D.: 11.9.This is a low choron with a spherical body used for drinking kumys. The rim has two rows of combed ornament that symbolises a wish for prosperity and wealth. The body is divided into six rows of small bands with tonoghosoyu vertebrae ornament. The entasis has an unclear mesh ornament. A small copper ring with double earrings encircles the neck. Unusually, there are small metal plates attached on a smooth background using small metal clamps. The legs are carved into the form of horse legs with gaskin and hoofs. The gaskin is decorated with parallel strokes and the hoofs are smooth. There are small cracks at the mouth and on the hoofs. All items needed for preparing and ritual drinking of kumys are considered to be sacred.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Nov 2019
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: E352220-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cup
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 17.4 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 11.9 cm