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Deer leg stock. Nenets

Title:

Deer leg stock.

Ethnic groups:

Nenets

Territory:

Ural Oblast, Surgut district

Date:

Early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Material:

Wood

Number:

РЭМ 4330-10

Annotation:

The stock, or the so-called deer shoe, was put in winter on deer trying to escape from the herd, to restrict their mobility. The stock was put on a front leg above the hoof, with the pin downwards, so as to keep the stock at a distance from the ground. The cross stick, a latch keeping the stock on the deer’s leg, was driven into holes provided on the stock ends with a special little wooden hammer. Abstract by I.A. Karapetova