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Zakidushka - small anchor. Chukchee

Title:

Zakidushka - small anchor

Ethnic groups:

Chukchee

Territory:

Magadan Oblast, Chukotka National District

Date:

1970s

Collectors-person:

Material:

Leather; wood; metal: iron

Number:

РЭМ 8023-51

Annotation:

A pear-shaped wooden zakidushka, or small anchor fixed to a long belt of sea mammal skin, formed part of the set of hunting weapons among the sea coast Chukchi or Eskimoes. With sharp metal hooks fixed on the thick wooden base part, the hunter hitched on the carcass of a ringed or bearded seal killed in late autumn or winter, and pulled them ashore. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva

Albums:
Arctic. Hunting and fishing
Rus:
Закидушка-якорек. Чукчи