Objects
Fret saw for notching up deer antlers. Nenets
Fret saw for notching up deer antlers. Nenets
Title
Fret saw for notching up deer antlers.
Ethnic groups
Nenets
Territory
Island, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Date
1970-1980
Collectors-person

Karapetova Irina
Material
Bone; metal: iron; threads: senthetic: compositive
Number
РЭМ 10986-1
Annotation
In autumn, during rutting time (mating season), young buck’s horns were sawn off. They were becoming aggressive at such time, and engaging in a fight, could seriously wound each other. In spring, when castrated stags and she-deer shed horns, riding animals’ antlers were sawn off to speed up the process and to avoid damage. Abstract by I.A. Karapetova