by Dr Tatiana Argounova-Low, Professor Alison K. Brown and Dr Sushma Jansari
Price: $12.00
ISBN: 9780714124889
Pub Date: 2020-12-11
Format: Paperback
Imprint: British Museum
64 Pages
This concise book takes a detailed look at the Model of a Summer Camp, an object originating in the Sakha (Yakutia) region of far northeastern Russia. Depicting a yhyakh celebration – a festival of huge cultural importance to the region, it reveals the intricacies of the yhyakh and the model’s fascinating journey from Siberia to the British Museum.
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