Pottery Craft of the Yakut

This book offered to the reader's attention is an ethnographic study devoted to the traditional pottery of Yakutia. The author, A. A. Savvin, collected materials for the book during field research in 1939-1941, when ceramic tableware had largely already lost its former role in the household way of the Yakuts. But the skills for its manufacture were still preserved in certain localities. Savvin managed to document the last "living" evidence of a craft that had a centuries-old history and established traditions. It is noteworthy that the research conducted by Savvin was a scientific project in the modern sense of the term. It was carefully planned and executed in accordance with a pre-written program, which is also included in this edition. The sources of information were not only direct observations of the working processes of the production of ceramic tableware but also conversations-interviews with potters, memoirs of representatives of the older generation. A special layer of research consisted of materials of folklore, folk beliefs, and customs related to pottery.

About the author

Natalia K. Danilova is Senior Researcher in the Department of Archaeology and Ethnography, Institute of Humanitarian Research and Problems of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Yakutsk. Her fields of scientific interest include mythology, ritual culture, and sacred geography of the native peoples of Siberia. She is the author of more than 100 publications.

Product details

• Authors: Richard L. Bland, Natalia K. Danilova, Andrei A Savvin, Irina S. Zhushchikhovskaya
• Assisted by: Richard L Bland (Editor), Richard L. Bland (Editor), Natalia K Danilova (Editor), Irina S Zhushchikhovskaya (Editor), Irina S. Zhushchikhovskaya (Editor), Richard L Bland (Translation), Richard L. Bland (Translation), Natalia K Danilova (Translation), Irina S Zhushchikhovskaya (Translation)
• Publisher: Academica Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781680536331
• ISBN: 978-1-68053-633-1
• No. of pages: 146
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 367 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology