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The Cultural
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1999. This kind of pectoral is in the Colour and ornament: the rich colourful of laced stripes from glass beads and bugles;
minority here. gamma (from 5 colours to more ones) is used. the adornment is decorated with beaded
The ware central part is more often decorated fringe with beads or small metal objects (more
4. THE RECTANGULAR VEST with geometric ornaments (“diamond”, often buttons) on the lower edge.
Shape: it consists of the main part/vest “zigzag”). Side beaded stripes contain Size: the width is 10–12 sm.
and a fastener. The main part looks like a geometric ornaments with the motives of Technique: stringing. The combination of
rectangular. It is made of the cloth stripe animals and plants. new and traditional materials are applied: glass
sewn with glass beads and two laced broad Emergence: According to the informer M. beads, bugles, tendinous threads, fishing line,
beaded stripes situated in the direct axis A. Kovaleva, “these vests were worn together cotton threads, beads, metal pendants/chains.
sides of the cloth part. The lower edge of with semi-circle adornments and were Colour and ornament: monotonous or
the vest is decorated with the beaded fringe decorated on the sides with metal mouldings colourful glass beads, the small ornament in the
with large beads on the ends. The fastener instead of glass beads.” [22. P. 35]. form of a stripe on the upper edge of a ware.
is made of fabric/leather in the form of two The main ethnicity: the Northern Khanty of Emergence: the adornment was widely
rectangular details (twisted cords /stripes), Lower Priobye. spread among the women of the Volga region
fixed together with a button or a loop. Each Place in the collection: the first adornment and Cis-Urals. It was called tsifls, yarmak-
detail of the fastener is sewn to 2–3 glass came in museum funds only in 2008 from pil’ks [8. P. 18]. According to the informer
beads chains, ascending from the laced Kunovat Khanty. This type is attributed to G.Y. Rusmilenko, these adornments were
beaded stripes of the vest to the fastener. female (married) vests and, unfortunately, is named “fish eye” or “net”. “They were woven
Size: 26/30 х 24/25 sm. in the minority here, owing to the production from 12 tendinous threads”. Breastfeeding
Technique: stringing. The combination tradition loss. mothers wore this sort of adornment [21. P.
of today’s and traditional materials are 21]. The Khanty call it sapil’lak (“neck ring”
applied: glass beads/porcelain beads, bugles, 5. THE SEMI-CIRCLE VEST in the Khanty language) or tur lopas (“neck
tendinous threads, fishing line, cotton Shape: it is in the form of semi-circle net canva” in the Khanty language).
threads, cloth/thick woollen cloth, beads, with the width of 10–12 sm and stripes- The main ethnicity: the Northern Khanty
metal pendants/chains. fasteners on the ends. The basic part is made and Nenets of Lower Priobye.
NVF-5637. The semi-circle vest. Master-Belyavskaya E. A. The photo author: M. Samburov.
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