Cultural heritage of the Even people of Berezovka
of Srednekolymsky district
of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Children's Even shamanic set
Children's Even shamanic set for the healing ritual - Hamasak teti kungangi. 1953, Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district (Photo 1).
Author (biographical information): unknown.
History (legend) of the existence of the item (set): the suit was sewn especially for Mikhail Ivanovich Balaganchik (born in 1949), at the age of 4, to heal from an illness.
Additional information: informant Elena Innokentyevna Tarabukina, born in 1942, Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district.
Headdress, hat
Headdress, hat - Khamasak avunfrom the Even children's shamanic set. 1953, Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district (Photo 2).
Material: suede, rovduga, reindeer fur, reindeer chin hair, fabric, beads, sinew thread.
Technique: sewing, embroidery, threading, toning.
Dimensions: height 20, diameter 20.
Preservation: abrasions, loss of strength.
Caftan from a shamanic set
Caftan - kamnai, from an Even children's shamanic set. 1953, Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district (Photo 3).
Material: suede, fur, beads, sinew thread.
Technique: sewing, embroidery, threading, toning.
Dimensions: length 55, width 36.
Preservation: abrasions, loss of strength, the appearance of through holes.
Drum from a shamanic set
Drum - untyn, from an Even children's shamanic set. 1953, Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district (Photo 4).
Material: leather, wood, metal, fish glue.
Technique: carving, bending, gluing.
Dimensions: 4х19х15,5.
Preservation: scuffs, the appearance of penetrations.
Drum beater
Drum beater - gisunfrom the Even children's shamanic set. 1953, Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district (Photo 5).
Material: wood, fabric, fur, sinew thread.
Technique: carving, sewing, mosaic.
Dimensions: 19,5х2,5.
Preservation: abrasions, loss of leather elasticity, damage to fur.
Headdress, hat
Headdress, hat of the Even shaman – Khamasak avun (Photo 6).
Author (biographical information) – unknown master.
Dating: late 19th – early 20th centuries.
Material: suede, tanned leather, reindeer chin hair, fabric, beads, sinew thread, metal.
Technique: sewing, embroidery, threading, tinting, casting, forging, engraving.
Dimensions: height with tassels 32, diameter 25, cap height – 17.5 cm.
Preservation: the crown of the hat is decorated with 11 metal loons, 12 and 13 have fallen out, the threads holding them are preserved. Scuffs.
History (legend) of the item's existence: loons on a hat - okenge, 11 pieces (there should have been 13). Fringe on the hat in the form of human figures - beyken. Loons are assistants of the shaman - the owner of the hat. Fringe in the form of human figures: after the healing ritual, one figure is given to the healed.
Additional information: informant Shcherbakova Elena Ivanovna, born in 1942, settlement Berezovka, Srednekolymsky district.
Even women's apron
Even women's apron - samilkhaan nel (Photo 7).
Author (biographical information): unknown.
Dating: mid-20th century.
Material: deerskin, beads, 'hukta' fringe, silver plaques, fabric.
Technique: sewing, embroidery, bead embroidery.
Additional information: Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district.
Baby cradle
Baby cradle - bebe (фото 8).
Author (biographical information): unknown.
Dating: 20th century.
Material: willow, wood, tanned leather.
Description: the cradle consists of a wooden base made of thin planks. The sides are made of curved boards. All parts are tightly sewn with leather straps.
Preservation: the wood is loose, heavily worn in the lower part of the cradle, cracks.
Additional information: Srednekolymsk, donated to the museum by Tayshina Tatyana Grigoryevna.
Even reindeer saddle
Even reindeer saddle (emgun); (children's saddle - dongka) (Photo 9).
Author (biographical information): unknown.
Dating: 20th century.
Material: reindeer skin, suede, wood, beads.
Technique: sewing, embroidery.
Additional information: Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district.
Tinder bag
Tinder bag - avsukan (Photo 10).
Author (biographical information): unknown.
Dating: late 19th – early 20th centuries.
Material: suede, deer chin hair, fabric, metal.
Technique: sewing, embroidery, tinting, hand twisting.
Dimensions: 9x9.5, chain length 24.
Preservation: satisfactory.
Additional information: Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district.
Belt
Belt (fragment) - kalba, engen (Photo 11).
Author (biographical information): unknown.
Material: deerskin, reindeer fur, fabric, beads, sinew thread.
Technique: sewing, embroidery, mosaic.
Dimensions: 7х57.
Preservation: abrasions, wear of fur, fabric.
Additional information: Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district.
Even calendar
Even wooden annual calendar, four-sided - hangun, ningun, khelgir, chivyatsy (Photo 12).
Author (biographical information): unknown.
Dating: late 19th – early 20th centuries.
Material: wood.
Description: wooden rectangular annual calendar, four-sided. Each side has three months, the days of the month are marked with cut-out dots, and there are also marks of apparently festive significant days. At the top of the calendar there is a holder (handle), in which a hole is made and a leather rope is threaded, by which the calendar was hung. At the bottom of the calendar there is a recess (unknown for what purpose).
Preservation: satisfactory.
Additional information: donated to the museum by Nikolai Nikitovich Buldykin, Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district.
Wooden calendar
Wooden vertical calendar of the northern Yakuts hangun, ningun, helgir, Среднеколымский улус.
Автор неизвестно.
Dating: late 19th – early 20th centuries (Photo 13).
Amulet of the Evens
Amulet of the Evens - ingir (Photo 14).
Author (biographical information): unknown.
Dating: late 19th – early 20th centuries.
Material: deer horn.
Technique: carving, engraving.
Dimensions: 10,5х3,5х1,5.
Summer caftan of the Evens
Open summer caftan of the Evens - naimi (Photo 15).
Author (biographical information): unknown.
Dating: mid-20th century.
Material: deerskin (rovduga).
Technique: sewing.
Additional information: Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district.
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Evens headdress
Evens winter hat – avun, korbaka, kuratli (Photo 16).
Author (biographical information): unknown.
Dating: 20th century.
Material: reindeer fur (fawn) and squirrel.
Technique: sewing, embroidery.
Preservation: satisfactory.
Yaranga
Even yaranga - ilumu (Photo 17).
Author: Vera Semenovna Khabarovskaya, Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district.
Dating: 20th century.
Materialsuede, cotton thread.
Technique: leather dressing, sewing.
Dimensions: width – 25 sq. m, height – 2.5 m.
Description: traditional dwelling consists of two parts: 1 part of solid suede is wrapped around the walls of the yaranga, 2 part – the upper one, is put on the upper part of the yaranga; it was heated through an opening in the upper part.
Preservation: the wood is loose, heavily worn in the lower part.
Additional information: donated to the museum by Anna Sergeevna Volkova; made by craftswoman Vera Semenovna Khabarovskaya, Berezovka village, Srednekolymsky district.
Varavina Galina Nikolaevna, Candidate of Historical Sciences,
Research Associate of the Centre for Intellectual History and Culture
of Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North of Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Источники взяты из МКУК “Среднеколымский краеведческий музей им. Н.С. Бандерова
