Alexander Khimunshin continues his portrait project 'The World in Faces' by spending 6 months photographing indigenous people in Siberia.
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Alexander Khimunshin continues his portrait project 'The World in Faces' by spending 6 months photographing indigenous people in Siberia.
Portraits of the people of Siberia by Alexander Khimushin
1. Buyat girl, Buryatia Republic, Siberia (ethnic Mongols) 2. Dolgan girl, Republic of Sakha, Siberia 3. Even young man, Yakutia, Siberia (the Even are a different group than the Evenki) 4. Nanai girl, Siberia 5. Nanai people with the photographer, Siberia 6. Nivkhi man, Siberia 7. Sakha girl in traditional wedding mask, Siberia 8. Sakha girl 9. Tazy woman, Siberia 10. Uilta girl, north of Sakhalin Island, Siberia
From keeping one dry to securing a life partner, these ancient garments served many purposes.
Fish skin is light, flexible, strong, and easy to work—the Gore-Tex of its day. Matchless as rainwear in milder seasons, layering fur close to the skin kept people cozy in winter. A Nivkhi woman—for only women sewed—prepared 100 salmon skins for this particular coat. She would have scraped away the flesh before washing the skins in salt water (women keeping the craft alive today use soap), then drying and beating the skins before piecing together the coat with thread fashioned from fish skin or sinew. “When it gets wet, [the thread] expands and fills the hole made by the needle, making the seams watertight,” says Cunera Buijs, the museum’s curator of Arctic regions. “It’s so clever.”
Design of this indispensable outerwear was just as important as construction, and it’s where the Nivkhi people’s sophistication shines. In the paper, “Layers of Meaning: Clothing on the Amur,” Buijs and Sudha Rajagopalan delve into the history and significance of Nivkhi dress. Living at a crossroads in East Asia—where people from Korea, Japan, China, and other neighboring lands regularly traveled—imagination, inventiveness, and materials have flowed in and out of their homeland for thousands of years. The arabesques—looping, entwined tendrils or lines—embroidered on this jacket have a long lineage. Ancient creators of pottery, petroglyphs, and other artifacts played with arabesques in patterns that show up in neighboring cultures in Korea and Japan, and in far-flung indigenous cultures in North America, Indonesia, and Polynesia.
something about tribes
I’ve been to the Asahikawa City Museum the other day and saw the Ainu exhibition there. Today’s reading practice’s about tribes the Ainu had (or still have) contact with. It’s hardly any information, so if you’re interested, you can look them up elsewhere.
I couldn’t find much about the Enchu tribe, but more information about the other tribes described below can be found on google. check the tags for alternative names.
well have fun practicing
ニブㇷのくらし
ニブㇷはサハリン(樺太)の北部に居住しています。同様の文化をもつ人びとがアムール川最下流域におり、自らをニブㇷと称します。
人びとにとって、春から秋は海獣狩猟や漁撈の季節であり、冬は山野で狩猟を行います。漁獲した魚は夏の家の周囲に設けた魚干棚で乾燥され、冬の貯えとなります。
人びとは多くの犬を飼い、輸送に使役されるほか、肉や毛皮を人びとにもたらします。また、犬は種々の品物と交換され、その数は貧富の指標とされます。
エヴェンキのくらし
中国東北部、大・小興安嶺付近に居住するエヴェンキ(オロチョン)は、馬を飼養するグループとトナカイを飼養するグループに分かれます。いずれも狩猟を主な生業としており、獲物を求めて移動生活を行い、獲物の肉は食用に、毛皮は中国とロシアとの交易に用いられています。
トナカイ、馬の飼養は、極北地方のツンドラや中緯度の半乾燥草原における大規模な飼養とは異なり、小規模なものです。これらの家畜は、人びとの大切な財産であり、荷の運搬や乗用に使役されます。
エンチュウのくらし
エンチュウはサハリン(樺太)南半に居住し、樺太アイヌと他称されます。
冬、エンチュウは山辺のトィチセ(土の家)と呼ばれる竪穴住居で暮らし、海や山野で狩猟を行い、春になると、海辺のサッチセ(夏の家)へ移ります。秋までは漁撈の季節です。多量に捕獲したサケ・マスは干魚にされ、主に冬の食料に利用します。
人びとはテンをはじめとする毛皮や干魚で中国や北海道を介して本州と交易を行い、鉄製品や玉などを入手しました。
ウィルタのくらし
ウィルタは、サハリン(樺太)中北部で、トナカイを飼養していますが、その数は多くはありません。
春から秋は漁期です。川口近くに建てた夏の家で、漁獲した魚を越冬用に加工します。漁期が終わると冬の家で、春までトナカイと共に移動しながら、山野で狩猟を行います。
トナカイは荷物の運搬などに使役される他は、人びとの生活を支えるほどのものではなく、その飼養は副次的なものにすぎません。