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Kumiss festivals of the Yakut and the decoration of Kumiss vessels
Boas anniversary volume • New York • Published In 1906 • Pages: 257-271
By: Jochelson, Waldemar.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author explains the method and utensils used by the Yakut in the production of kumiss, a strong alcoholic drink made from fermented mares' milk. In his descriptions of the two kumiss festivals celebrated by the Yakut he explains the significance of the rites, and the place of the horse in Yakut economic and religious life. Excellent photographs showing the kumiss churns, ladles, and drinking goblets are also included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Alcoholic beverages
- Normal garb
- Utensils
- Decorative art
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yakut
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- North Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Alice McCloskey ; 1954
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1888-97
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1888-1887
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Verkhoyansk District and Kolymsk District, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Waldemar Jochelson
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 08001796
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yakut (Turkic people)