February 2 to 15 2007. "Golden Warrior. Treasures from Sakas barrows". Exhibition of ancient jeweller's art of Kazakhstan. This exhibition is part of the cultural programme with the framework of the Year of Kazakhstan in Ukraine.
In Ukraine for the first time are showcased the unique archeological finds from Sakas tumuli that represent the famous Scythian-Siberian Wild Animal Style .

Folk jeweller's art of Kazakhs plays a very important role in the history of the national culture. Its origins were rooted in the depth of ages. Many objects excavated during archeological digs belong to riches of world art. Among the most valuable archeological artifacts are findings from Issyk kurgan (a type of burial mound) in the Almaty region which tentatively dates to the V or the ²V century BC. They are known as "Golden Warrior" due to rich funerary goods and warrior's equipment, which are remarkable examples of East-Sibirian jeweller's art, the so called Wild Animal Style . Things yielded by this burial complex allowed scholars to better understood Saka's lifestyle, their religious beliefs, art, written language, and social order.

The clothing of Sakian warrior was adorned with more than 4.000 golden items, and the conical headgear was decorated with 150 golden plates.

The exhibition includes also unique reconstructions of various items of horse trappings and religious cult of nomadic tribes who inhabited the East-Siberian steppes in V - III centuries B.C.

Alongside the reconstruction of the costume of the "Golden Warrior", original things, like traditional Kazakh jewelry of XVII - XIX centuries, gold and silver ware, gold plating, precious and semiprecious stone items are on view as well. Their diversity demonstrate cultural originality of different regions of Kazakhstan.

One of the most ornate exhibits is the fiancee wedding head-dress, "saukele".

Among other objects are "sholts" - gadgets for hair braiding, "shashbau" - fine ornamented seal-rings, neck and breast trappings, "boytumar" - pendant-amulet, bracelets, clasps and buttons. Ornamented belts, wich are inalienable elements of traditional folk dress, amaze with their beauty. Noteworthy are also personal hygiene items and a snuffbox, a knife with the sheath, a sabre with the scabbard, various horse trappings and a knout.