Дата поступления
28.11.1994
Фондообразователь
Shults, Mikhail Mikhailovich
Название
Beads made from bread
Год и место изготовления
1929, Solovetskii camp
Год и место бытования
1929, Solovetskii camp
Размер
1) 2cm x 1.2cm x 1.5cm; 2) 1.9cm x 1.2cm x 1.5cm; 3) 2cm x 1cm x 1.5cm; 4) 2.8cm x 1.2cm x 1cm
Описание
Beads, moulded from bread and in the shape of human heads. All the heads have different faces and hats. (1) and (2) have different shaped caps, (3) has a flat, round fur hat (a "kubanka"), (4) has a yarmulke. They are all men, having moustaches and beards. There is a vertical hole, through which to pass a thread, through each of them. There are noticeable traces of paint on (1), (2) and (4).
Сохранность
Wear from rubbing, the layer of paint has faded, there are traces of woodworm (holes) in (4).
Легенда
Given by M.M. Shults. According to the owner's testimony, the beads were made by an unknown prisoner as a present for his mother, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Tikhomirova, suring her imprisonment in the Solovetskii camp. M.M. Shults gave only some of the beads.
