The old hunter. Hunting with a golden eagle for a wolf
Author: Shkurko Anton
paper/pencil 65cm x 48cm 2019
The artwork is framed
Hunting with golden eagles has ancient roots. Hunting art, in which a strong bird plays a leading role, and the hunter serves only as an assistant, is traditional in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Even wolves are hunted with trained golden eagles. Having found the wolf, the hunter releases the golden eagle. The bird rises to a great height, sees the prey and quickly falls down, right on the wolf. When the hunter keeps up to the place of the fight, they see a defeated enemy, on whose back a golden eagle sits proudly. It remains only to kill the beast.