Brown, Alison Kay2025-10-022025-07-16Brown, A K 2025, 'From Mammoth to Miniature : 'Model of a Summer Encampment of the Yakuts' as a Narrative Object', Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.142891359-0987ORCID: /0000-0001-6629-1363/work/188340580https://hdl.handle.net/2164/26142Open access via the Wiley open access agreement Acknowledgements I am grateful to Tatiana Argounova-Low and Eleanor Peers for their guidance throughout the Narrative Objects project; Asya Gabysheva and the NAM staff for hosting us in Yakutsk; Kirill Grigoriev, Oleg Soloviev, and students from the P.P. Romanov Yakut College of Arts; Jill Maggs Jane Portal and colleagues, and the Trustees of the British Museum for supporting the loan. Lorna Cruickshanks and Lucia Cortelli facilitated the British Museum workshop, and Robert Worley led the practice-based sessions. All three read early drafts of this article. My deepest thanks go to workshop participants and to the many Sakha people who shared their thoughts about the yhyakh model across this project. Tatiana Argounova-Low, Sowparnika Balaswaminathan, Bradley Clements, Maureen Matthews, and Gro Ween commented on earlier versions of this article, while University of Aberdeen colleagues supported the underpinning research in multiple ways. Finally, I thank Elizabeth Hallam, the Editorial team of the JRAI, and two anonymous reviewers for their thorough reading of the manuscript and insightful comments.211687777engSubstantive connection via an eligible employment contractGN AnthropologyGNJournal article10.1111/1467-9655.14289