Medieval Saraishyq - the capital of the Kazakh Khanate
RSPE State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve "Saraishyq"

Ethnographic Museum 2

1. Kebezhe — a traditional Kazakh wooden chest used for storing food products (qurt, cheese, meat). Donated to the museum by Rustam Temirov and Shegen Netaliyev.

2. Chest.

3. Asyk - is a small, rounded ankle bone (astragalus) found in the hock joint of four types of livestock, most commonly sheep and goats. It is the main object used in ancient traditional Kazakh national games and serves as a cultural tool that develops accuracy, dexterity, and agility in children.

4. Urshyk - is one of the oldest and simplest wooden tools used for spinning thread from wool, cotton, or animal hair fibers.

Тextile product

5. A sewing machine - is a mechanical or electric device designed to join fabrics, leather, or other materials using thread, as well as to sew, create decorative stitching, and process finished products.

6. Wolf skin. Donated by Sh.Netaliev.

7. Fox skin. Donated to the museum by Sh. Netaliev.

8. Besik - is a traditional Kazakh cradle for infants, used for swaddling, sleeping, and gently rocking the baby. It is usually made of wood, is considered sacred, and is well suited to a nomadic way of life.

9. Shymildyk is a special curtain or fabric enclosure in Kazakh traditions, temporarily hung in a corner or in the center of the home for newlyweds.

10. Chest — a traditional Kazakh wooden piece of furniture with a lid, used for storing clothes, valuables, and household items.

11. Nomadic chest. Donated by K.Zhumashev.

12. Kamcha - is a traditional leather whip among Turkic peoples (in particular, Kazakhs and Tatars), historically used for controlling horses, for protection, and also as a symbol of courage, status, and authority. It is made from braided leather straps with a wooden or bone handle.

13. Woven item. Donated by.

14. Dombyra - is a long-necked musical string instrument. Donated by.

15. Woven Reed Artwork “Spring Radiance.” - A woven reed artwork (shym shi) is a traditional Kazakh handicraft made by binding together reed stalks wrapped with colorful wool threads.

16. Torsyk — a traditional leather container used by nomadic Turkic peoples, including the Kazakhs, for storing and transporting dairy beverages such as kumis, shubat, and ayran. Donated by artist-restorer Otarbay Kendir.

17. Wooden bowls and cups — traditional Kazakh tableware carved from types of wood such as birch, poplar, and willow.

18. Wooden ladle — a traditional Kazakh long-handled utensil used for pouring beverages such as kumis, ayran, and milk; carved from a single piece of wood like poplar (torangyl), oak, or birch.

19. Carpet.

20. Alasha — a woven floor covering made on a loom from cotton and wool threads dyed in various colors.

21. Suitcase — a rigid box with a hinged lid and a handle, used for storing clothes and personal belongings and for transporting them during travel or relocation.

 

Work schedule

Monday/Sunday: 09:00-18:30

No lunch / days off

Attention:

Excursions on Saturdays, Sundays, and public
holidays start from the “Saraishyq” visitor center.

Feedback

Tel/Fax:+7 702 059 7858

E-mail: museumsaraishik@mail.ru