The Tobolsk Artistic Bone Carving Factory continues one of Russia's oldest traditional crafts. Its history began in 1929, when V. Denisov and T. Peskov established a bone-carving workshop within the Kustar cooperative. Both had worked in the first Siberian workshop for mammoth ivory products in the late 19th century.
The work of Tobolsk carvers has received awards in Russia and abroad, including gold medals in Paris in 1937 and Brussels in 1958, and the Order of the Badge of Honour awarded to the factory in 1975. Miniature sculpture, often inspired by the North, is central to this craft. Today's team continues the traditions of P. Terentyev, V. Lopatin, G. Khazov, V. Sinitskikh, G. Krivoshein and V. Obryadova, working from designs refined by earlier generations while creating new compositions.
The factory produces a wide range of artistic carvings in mammoth ivory, elk antler and ordinary carving bone.
Discover artistic carvings made from a variety of natural materials.
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Chess "The Little Humpbacked Horse" is based on the fairy tale by P.P. Ershova
The product is a three-dimensional, sculptural composition depicting a tiger hunting a deer. The composition is united by a common stand made of a mammoth tarsus and wood. Materials: moose horn, mammoth tarsus
A sculptural composition of two figures: an old man playing the balalaika and a grandmother singing a song. The sculpture is united by a common stand made of a tarsus. Materials: shank Dimensions: 7*3.5 cm, height 6.5 cm.
The product is a sculptural image of a single figure of a lying tiger. The sculpture is united by a common stand made of moose horn and wood. Dimensions: base 14*6 cm, height 6 cm. Materials: moose horn, wood
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