Handicrafts in the Soviet Union
The many different peoples of the Soviet Union have certain traditional handicrafts, and the Soviet administration is fostering them. Their practice is growing rapidly, and the products are every year appearing in much greater quantities and spreading more widely over the Union as a whole. There are...
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crcambridgeupr:10.2307/1156488 2023-05-15T15:03:32+02:00 Handicrafts in the Soviet Union Phillips, G. D. R. 1943 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1156488 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0001972000055194 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Africa volume 14, issue 4, page 209-213 ISSN 0001-9720 1750-0184 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Anthropology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1943 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/1156488 2022-04-07T08:52:10Z The many different peoples of the Soviet Union have certain traditional handicrafts, and the Soviet administration is fostering them. Their practice is growing rapidly, and the products are every year appearing in much greater quantities and spreading more widely over the Union as a whole. There are two large shops in Moscow dealing solely in native peasant handicrafts. Their goods come from all over the Soviet Union, and they do a roaring trade although prices are by no means low. A Russian friend of mine bought a charming set of carved mammoth-tusk chess-pieces, made in the Arctic; the pawns were reindeer, the king a hunter, the queen an old nanny, the castles nomad tents, and so on. He paid a thousand roubles, which at that time—1935—represented about six weeks' average Russian income. At the present exchange rate it would be about £40. The set was worth quite that much. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Arctic Africa 14 4 209 213 |
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The many different peoples of the Soviet Union have certain traditional handicrafts, and the Soviet administration is fostering them. Their practice is growing rapidly, and the products are every year appearing in much greater quantities and spreading more widely over the Union as a whole. There are two large shops in Moscow dealing solely in native peasant handicrafts. Their goods come from all over the Soviet Union, and they do a roaring trade although prices are by no means low. A Russian friend of mine bought a charming set of carved mammoth-tusk chess-pieces, made in the Arctic; the pawns were reindeer, the king a hunter, the queen an old nanny, the castles nomad tents, and so on. He paid a thousand roubles, which at that time—1935—represented about six weeks' average Russian income. At the present exchange rate it would be about £40. The set was worth quite that much. |
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