A water bucket from Kuginsk (Finnish translation)

The water bucket is made of a sewn birch-bark sheet and has a handle made of reindeer bone. The mouth and bottom of the bucket are reinforced with narrow hoops. The reindeer bone handle is attached to the hoop with a thread. The exterior of the bucket is fully decorated with ornamental patterns made by scratching. The top pattern is called “half a man”. It was explained to Artturi Kannisto that the “half a man” means the same as a Nixie, which “lives in the river Ob, in the water”. The design in the middle is called “parsley top” and the lower ones are “rake teeth” and “rabbit ears”. The bucket comes from the village of Kuginsk (Finnish translation) near the river Severnaya Sosva.