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626 sourced equipment pages: vessels, tools, appliances and built structures.
Torsyk is a portable Kazakh leather flask for carrying and keeping drinks such as kumis and shubat. Museum examples have a flattened decorated body, a narrow neck and a stopper; evidence for fermentation inside the travel flask is lacking.
Saba is a large Kazakh horsehide vessel used to prepare and keep kumis. An Omsk museum specimen shows a tall, narrow neck above a broad, gusseted body, with seams stitched in hair thread and hide smoked to make it water-resistant.
A prepared animal-stomach pouch holds butter in Kazakh and Kyrgyz traditions. Field images document empty and filled qarın in southern Kyrgyzstan, while a Kazakh tutorial distinguishes animal-specific qaryn forms.