Sakha by agha / Iakutskii nozh (The Yakutian knife)
Iakutsk: Bichik, 2015. Sewn cl. A range of illustrative materials — archival photos, drawings, new photography — this monograph on the key instrument of the Yakut people gives a vivid sense of how isolated by extremes of geography and climate they have survived through skill and ingenuity of applied arts, in particular, the unique knives they use mainly in their herding and harvesting of reindeer. As hunting tools the knives are precise and strong for practical tasks, as works of applied art, they are simple and beautiful, the blades sometimes engraved, the sheaves and handles of wood or bone carved and ornamented. The catalogue makes a contribution to ethnography and folk art of Yakutia. Chapter headings: research on the Yakutian knife; knives found in burial mounds; knives in museum collections; forging of metal; blacksmith's instruments; singularities of the Yakutian knife; types of Yakutian knives; contemporary knives; Mandar Uus's creative and spiritual workshop. 199 p., 24 x 27 cm, approx. 200 color and b/w illus., Yakut, Rus. and ENGLISH. Item #4807
ISBN: 9785769641695
Price: $76.00