Matleena Fofonoff

Matleena Fofonoff or in Skolt Sami: Maadrân Evvan nijdd Matleena (née Gauriloff, born in 1949 in Rautaperäjärvi, Inari, Finland) is a Skolt master craftsman and artisan,^[1] renowned for her work with traditional Skolt crafts such as root basketry,^[2] leather crafting with tanned fish skin and beadwork. In addition to craftwork, she has also provided illustrations for books, including the photographs for the Skolt children's book Õhtt eeˊǩǩ Oˊlssee da Såålla mieˊldd (One year with Alex and Sally).

Award

In 2009, it was announced that Fofonoff had been chosen to receive the Skolt of the Year award for that year due to her being the "essence and being of what a Skolt woman knows and can do"^[3]

References

1. ^ Lehtola, Jorma (2006). Hartikainen, Arja. ed (in Northern Sámi, Finnish and English). Sámi handicraft : catalogue for the jubilee exhibition of the Sámi Handicraft Association’s 30th anniversary. Inari: Siida. 
2. ^ Siida. "Beadwork, root and bark craft and hand-spun yarn…". Sääˊmjieˊllem. Siida. http://www.siida.fi/saamjiellem/english/kasityot.html. Retrieved April 20, 2010. 
3. ^ "Vuoden koltta 2009: Matleena Fofonoff [Skolt of the Year 2009: Matleena Fofonoff]" (in Finnish). Saa'mi Nue'tt ry. http://www.saaminuett.fi/saami-nuett-ry/vuoden-koltta-palkinto/vuoden-koltta-2009-matleena-fofonoff.html. Retrieved April 20, 2010. 

External links

• Root work (in Finnish)

Persondata
Name	Fofonoff, Matleena
Alternative names	Maadrân Evvan nijdd Matleena
Short description	Skolt Sámi master craftsman and artisan
Date of birth	1949
Place of birth	Rautaperäjärvi, Inari, Finland
Date of death
Place of death