Destination 16: Artifact Bag
In class Tuesday, we had the opportunity to be history detectives! We were given a mystery bag filled with mysterious artifacts inside. My group was given 3 artifacts. Here was the first artifact: We first noticed that the item was in a different language. My group and I believed it was Russian, as we had seen the language before but were unable to read what it said. I was able to find an app where you can take a picture and it will translate it. We found out that this is a PhD Diploma from the Pedagogy of Sciences in Russia. It was given to Professor Smirnova in May of 1989. What my group found interesting was that the Diploma font was not typed, rather all handwritten. Below is the second artifact: Immediately, we knew it was a spoon of some sort, After conducting research, we found out it is a hand craved Russian spoon, known as a Khokhloma. These can be used as decoration or as a utensil. Dr. Smirnova told us about how these are commonly used at tra