portrait of Alexander Manzhuriev by @look_lensk АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Arctic goggles - Charapchy "Ton Biis", 2024 (925 sterling silver, beads, black cubic zirconia, casting, embossing, inlay)
portrait of Alexander Manzhuriev by @look_lensk
photo by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Arctic goggles
photo by Maria Vasilyeva
photo by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Chest necklace for Aan Alakhchin Khotun - the deity of our Middle Earth (Silver, weight 2 kg 270 grams)
photo by Maria Vasilyeva
photo by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Chest necklace for Aan Alakhchin Khotun - the deity of our Middle Earth (Silver, weight 2 kg 270 grams)
photo by Maria Vasilyeva
photo by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Chest necklace for Aan Alakhchin Khotun - the deity of our Middle Earth (Silver, weight 2 kg 270 grams)
photo by Maria Vasilyeva
The rings are unique small musical instruments (khomus) that can be played АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Singing of paired rings - This is the bride and groom: Bere Betung Bootur and his betrothed, daughter Uluu Horo Kubaldiyya Kuo, riding a bull (925 sterling silver, steel, spinel, zircon)
The rings are unique small musical instruments (khomus) that can be played
Photo by Kunnei Takaahai АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Jewelry set made of gold and zircons (earrings, pendant, ring) in shape of sun
Photo by Kunnei Takaahai
photo by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Earrings
photo by Maria Vasilyeva
earrings for a bride wearing a high headdress. One of the earrings represents a bride with her face covered with a veil - annyah. On one earrring, the bride covers her face in the first days of the wedding, on the other, she reveals her face АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Earrings
Alexander Manzhuriev: BILGE TOYON,
bull, small jewelry sculpture, 2009 (silver, duck bone)
The breast bone of the duck is made in the shape of a bull. In the old days, after eating a duck, the Yakuts looked at its chest part and predicted the weather from its pattern. What kind of summer will it be and what kind of autumn will it be? There will be drought or there will be rain. There was such a folk sign that still exists today. АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Bull - small jewelry sculpture (silver, duck bone)
In the north they say: “If a deer leaves a person, Happiness goes with the deer.” Deer is a sacred animal for the inhabitants of the north; it provides food, shelter and clothing. Without deer, nomadic peoples cannot survive in harsh conditions; it is an integral part of their life.
photograph by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Elk - small jewelry sculpture (bronze)
photograph by Maria Vasilyeva
photograph by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Letter Stone, 2024 (stone carving, reindeer antlers)
photograph by Maria Vasilyeva
photograph by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Sculpture, boy (Silver)
photograph by Maria Vasilyeva
A warrior playing with a horsefly like one appears in childhood
photograph by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Kulumen, smallform sculpture (silver)
photograph by Maria Vasilyeva
photo by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Traditional Sakha silver men's belt
photo by Maria Vasilyeva
photo by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Traditional Sakha silver men's belt (detail)
photo by Maria Vasilyeva
photo by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Traditional Sakha silver men's belt (detail)
photo by Maria Vasilyeva
A girl sitting on a chest is waiting for her betrothed. According to ancient customs, the Yakut bride was not supposed to show her face to her father-in-law for 3 or 7 years, and in some cases - until her death. It was considered a great sin for a father-in-law to see his daughter-in-law's face. If it was impossible to avoid the meeting, then the young woman lowered the facial veil over her face. АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Bride sitting on dowry (small silver sculpture)
photo by Maria Vasilyeva АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Bride sitting on dowry (small silver sculpture) (detail)
photo by Maria Vasilyeva
The shaman, in the ritual ecstasy, is transformed before our eyes. From the side, he is perceived as a formidable bird with an eagle’s beak, in the image of which he can penetrate into other worlds; on the other hand, he is a shaman beating a tambourine. АЛЕКСАНДРА МАНЖУРЬЕВА: Shaman (small bronze sculpture)