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Seine for catching salmon, herring, and small fish, a sample. Saami

Title:

Seine for catching salmon, herring, and small fish, a sample

Ethnic groups:

Saami

Territory:

Arkhangelsk province, Aleksandrovsk district, churchyard

Date:

Second half of the 19th century

Collectors-person:
Material:

Threads: plant fiber: linen; wood (birch bark); wood

Number:

РЭМ 445-48/1

Annotation:

Drag fishing tackle reaching over 6 meters long and over 5 meters high full-size. Oblong wooden floats are attached to the seine along its upper edge, and “kibasses,” weight leads covered with birch bark, to its lower edge. The owner’s brand is carved on one of the floats. Abstract by A.A. Zankovskaya