Traditional crafts
Birch bark containers “kin” are still widely used for a variety of purposes.
The containers are made of birch bark sewed together with the wild cherry roots “sarga”, a craft skillfully performed by both men and women.
Tribeswoman making birch bark container,
clan settlement on Maliy Yugan, Tumen Region.
Taken autumn-summer 1997, studio “VISAN”, Tomsk.