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Tostagan

Pavlodar Regional Historical and Local History Museum named after Mr. Potanin

UUID: 696a2916a40d3a196

The tostagan is a round-shaped cup for kumis, made from a single piece of wood. The inner bottom is smaller in size than the outer part. The surface of the walls, both inside and outside, is decorated with engraved silver plates. The lower part of the cup is encircled with metal and rivets. It is painted with brown vegetable dye.
Provenance: Master Yesalinov A.
Date: Early 20th century
Material: Wood, silver, inlay
Technique: handmade.
Dimensions: h-8 sm. diameter-15 sm.
Weight: 500 gr.

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