Many historians state that round rugs making was started by Northern people – evenks, comi, saami and chukchas. Till today some secrets of work with fur and skin are passed from generation to generation in their families. Fur of deer, dog, polar fox, squirrel, beaver and some other animals are used for round rugs making.
Round rugs design is not varied. Fur mosaic – is what you can see on them very often. Decorations for round rugs are silk embroidery and white hair of deer or moose. Also metals are used in decoration of round rugs. For example, lavaliere of copper, brass and iron.
The best round rugs are made by evenks. They use skin of northern deer and work it by secret technologies. Main color of these rugs are grey and brown. Evenks use white moose skin to polish round rugs. White color has special meaning for evenks. Their legends reflected it.
Northern round rugs are famous as national item of this people.
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