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The old Yakut birch-bark yurt
Sbornik Museia Antropologii i Ethnografii • X • Published In 1949 • Pages: 50-74
By: Popov, A. A..
Abstract
Popov has based his information on the Yakut birch-bark yurt upon his own observations made in the Vilyuysk District in 1924 and upon the collections of the Museum of the Ethnographic Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. His work is a descriptive study. The birch-bark yurt is discussed as a memorial of Yakut ancient history, a vestige of a more southern culture transplanted in the north. Most of the article, however, is concerned with descriptive data on the yurt, its construction and its plan, and there is a wealth of information on the decorative designs found in the yurt which has not been so well dealth with anywhere else. The article includes graphics consisting of drawings and photographs of the structures and decorative designs employed by the Yakuts in their houses.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- North Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ruth Heffner ; 1950-1956
- Field Date
- 1924
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Viyuysk District, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
- Notes
- A. A. Popov
- Translation from the Russian of: Starinnaia IAkutskaia berestianaia iurta.
- The original Russian text is not included
- Translated for the Human Relations Area Files by Sheldon Wise
- LCSH
- Yakut (Turkick people)