Alkonost cutting board

Product Description

Cutting Board (Доска разделочная). Done in the Khokhloma style, highlighting the friendly half-bird, half-human creature, who is Alkonost, and akin to the Sirin. Basically, two sides of the same coin. They lived on the Island of Buyan and were distinguished by their beautiful voices. According to folk tales, at the morning of the Apple Feast of the Saviour day, the Sirin enters an apple orchard and sadly cries. In the afternoon, her counterpart, the Alkonost, enters and rejoices and laughs. Alkonost brushes dew from her wings, granting healing powers to all the fruits near her.

Hand painted decoration, late 1970s. Leningrad Association of Folk Arts and Crafts (Ленинградское Объединение народных художественных промыслов). Folk crafts in the Leningrad region based on more rural peasant crafts emerged during the years 1960-1980, thanks to the targeted policies of the state (Управление Местной Промышленности Ленгорисполкома, Ленинград). This board is an interesting product of that time. Suitable for Russian farmhouse decor. 1 only, in near fine condition.