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Akkanat is a traditional Native Siberian artist from the Sibirga Nation. He is a Shaman and and elder known for his travels throughout Siberia keeping traditional art alive. Here’s some of his birch bark artwork.
These
here are Tueses. A Tues is a small
cylindrical box made from birch bark usually used for storing food. On Akkanat's Tueses every
image and shape carries a meaning. The
images tell stories and any part of the image shows Native visions of the
world and the mythological understanding of the world that Native people
have. These items are all made from natural materials. They are birch bark and due to the nature of birch bark they have a very long
life. Birch bark doesn’t rot and food stored in a birch bark Teus doesn’t
get spoiled, because the birch bark itself prevents food from getting
spoiled.
Shaman Akkanat Holding a Mushroom
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The Life Tree Design
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Ornamental Design
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Elk Design
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Animal Design
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Akkanat prefers working with natural materials rather than working with paper and paint, though he does graphics and paintings as well.
He is the keeper of
traditions and holder of a great amount of mythological material passed down
to him through centuries by his ancestors.
He lives in the forest, 100 kilometers from the city Novokuznetsk.
He lives a traditional lifestyle connected to nature proving him truly indigenous.
His shaman amulets and his items made of a birch bark, as well as his paintings, are well known in the surrounding cities. Art historians say that his work possesses unique aboriginal beauty.
His artwork posses the true spirit of nature which brings calmness to one’s soul in the stressful times of urban life that we live in.
Akkanat ‘s artwork is in private collections of people from Russia, Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Finland, and in the Novokuzntesk Art Museum.
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