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Wooden ladles on a rack.                               
From the Volodga region
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Wooden ladles on a rack. From the Volodga region

Wedding chest with linen; on the inside of the         
lid a carved and painted siren. Sirens were            
symbols of joy and happiness; in pre-Christian times   
they were attributes of an agricultural deity.         
From Novgorod
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Wedding chest with linen; on the inside of the lid a carved and painted...

Mermaid - detail from a carved frieze from the         
front of a house in the Volga region. Mermaids and     
sirens were s6ymbols of joy and happiness; in pre-     
Christian times they were attributes of an agri-       
cultural deity.
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Mermaid - detail from a carved frieze from the front of a house in the...

Dragon from the top of a window frame.                 
Carved and painted.
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Dragon from the top of a window frame. Carved and painted.

Lion, detail from the frieze on a house front          
from the Volga region.
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Lion, detail from the frieze on a house front from the Volga region.

Bird, carved wood, painted. From the top of a          
garret window from the Upper Volga region.
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Bird, carved wood, painted. From the top of a garret window from the U...

Gatepost from a farmyard - carved wood                 
From the Upper Volga region
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Gatepost from a farmyard - carved wood From the Upper Volga reg...

Gatepost from a farmyard - carved wood                 
Close-up of 30-01-01/65                                
From the Upper Volga region
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Gatepost from a farmyard - carved wood Close-up of 30-01-01/65...

Spinning distaffs with elaborate floral and geometric  
patterns and scenes from everyday Russian life.        
Women pulled carded tuffs of wool or flax through the  
notches along the top of the painted panels, then      
twisted the fibres to yarn between their fingers.
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Spinning distaffs with elaborate floral and geometric patterns and scenes from...

Spindle box and hackle.                                
From Nizni Novgorod.
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Spindle box and hackle. From Nizni Novgorod.

Hackles                                                
From Nizni Novgorod.
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Hackles From Nizni Novgorod.

A sun-face from the top of a boat's mast
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A sun-face from the top of a boat's mast