Статья посвящена детским рисункам, выполненным в 1890-е гг. учениками церковно-приходской школы села Марково на Чукотке. Рисунки хранились в частных архивах, а в 1990-х гг. были переданы в Чукотский окружной краеведческий музей г. Анадырь, а затем в музей села Марково, где каждому из них дали название по сюжету. Цель статьи — проанализировать данные рисунки и разъяснить изображённую на них этнографическую информацию. Изображения передают события, происходившие в жизни сельских жителей, и отражают информацию о традиционной одежде, транспорте, способах управления прирученными оленями и добычи диких оленей. Ныне музейные рисунки являются источником региональной истории Северо-Востока, передают редкие этнографические данные.
The article is devoted to children’s pencil drawings, which are stored in the museum of the village of Markovo (Chukotka Peninsula). In the 1890s, these pictures were drawn by the pupils of the church parish school of this village and conveyed some events took place in the life of the rural inhabitants. The children took part in the traditional household and reflected what they saw in their drawings. The drawings did not become museum documents at once; they were kept in private archives before. In the 1990s, the drawings were transferred to the rural museum. Each one was named according to the depicted subject. For example, “Training the reindeer in sledge driving and riding”, “Reindeer racing", “The end of migration". Eleven drawings are preserved. The aim of the paper is to analyze the drawings and explain the ethnographic information therein. The author systematized the drawings by themes: “The traditional method of the reindeer herder’s economy”, “The traditional hunting for wild deer”. In the drawings, each character performs some kind of action. Men are depicted in the process of controlling a deer, firing a gun, driving a boat, or while hunting. Women are depicted in their traditional clothes – fur overalls. In the drawings, women carry water in buckets, control a deer and walk with children. One woman is depicted riding a deer as a racer. Children are drawn shorter than adults. The pupils tried to depict features of the structure of animals. In the drawings, the raindeer have branchy antlers and thick wool under their necks. Details of the images reflect ethnographic information about the methods of managing domestic raindeer, traditional transport and clothing. The interaction among different cultures is depicted in the pictures as well. Today, these drawings are a unique heritage because they convey historical events and ethnographic information.