Tues is a unique vessel for storing both bulk and liquid products. A cylindrical vessel made of two layers of light brown birch bark. Birch bark is the inner layer of birch bark. Birch bark reliably protects the birch trunk from overheating. This property of birch bark is explained by its structure. Birch bark consists of many thin layers that do not allow moisture and air to pass through, and the upper layer is covered with a white coating that reflects the sun’s rays.

The process of making thuesa is quite complicated: it is necessary to carefully remove the bark from the sawn birch entirely without damaging it. This part, the cleft, becomes the inner side of the curtain, from which even water will not flow out. The cleavage on the front side is wrapped in a “shirt”, i.e. birch bark, cut on one side. The shirt is somewhat smaller than the pin, it closes in a “lock”. Then the workpiece was steamed and a wooden bottom was inserted, after the birch bark cooled and dried, it was tightly covered by the walls of the thuesa. The top cover was also carefully adjusted, which, as a rule, was made with a handle.

If the tues was intended for storing food, then the handle was made in the form of a poke, for which the lid was opened and closed. If the products were worn in tues, a handle-shackle was made. The lid fitted so tightly to the curtain that it could be carried by the handle on the lid, including for very long distances.Tues is a unique vessel for storing both bulk and liquid products. A cylindrical vessel made of two layers of light brown birch bark. Birch bark is the inner layer of birch bark. Birch bark reliably protects the birch trunk from overheating. This property of birch bark is explained by its structure. Birch bark consists of many thin layers that do not allow moisture and air to pass through, and the upper layer is covered with a white coating that reflects the sun’s rays.

The process of making thuesa is quite complicated: it is necessary to carefully remove the bark from the sawn birch entirely without damaging it. This part, the cleft, becomes the inner side of the curtain, from which even water will not flow out. The cleavage on the front side is wrapped in a “shirt”, i.e. birch bark, cut on one side. The shirt is somewhat smaller than the pin, it closes in a “lock”. Then the workpiece was steamed and a wooden bottom was inserted, after the birch bark cooled and dried, it was tightly covered by the walls of the thuesa. The top cover was also carefully adjusted, which, as a rule, was made with a handle.

If the tues was intended for storing food, then the handle was made in the form of a poke, for which the lid was opened and closed. If the products were worn in tues, a handle-shackle was made. The lid fitted so tightly to the curtain that it could be carried by the handle on the lid, including for very long distances.