Dr. Laurel Kendall, Curator of Asian Ethnology and Chair of the Division of Anthropology accepting a handcarved choron goblet presented by Fedor Chairin on behalf of the group, made, using traditional tools and methods, by Fedor Chiarin’s cousin, Sofron Egorovich Orosin in the traditional Sakha style (a copy of an unknown master artist, 1871).
Image Credit: Craig Chesek, AMNH Photo Studio