Photograph: Woman’s sled with a child in it.

Samoyede

1909-1910

8 x 22

РЭМ 1707-86

A Nenets woman’s sled is more massive than the man’s one, it has a larger eat area and a side wall, since women often ride a sled with their children. To prevent the child from freezing on the way, the sled is covered with a special robe sewn from deer hides. Abstract by I.A. Karapetova