Tatiana Mikhailovna Kelmina and Yegor Pavelovich Kelmin
Year(s) attended: 2011
Yaoun Yakh, Iugan Khanty Native Minority Community Association
Coiled Split Cedar-root Baskets, Fur Purses and Boots, Puzzles and Dolls, and Birchbark Boxes


Tatiana represents the native Khanty community association, Yaoun Yakh. The organization was created to defend the traditional milieu of the native minority Khanty people, and to preserve and develop their traditional culture, economy and way of life. Members of Yaoun Yakh make a variety of traditional arts that continue to be used by Khanty families, including lidded baskets, decorated fur purses, Khanti boots, three-dimensional puzzles, dolls, and birchbark baskets.