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

Saami

Arkhangelsk Guberniya, Aleksandrovsk Uyezd, churchyard

Second half of the 19th century

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

РЭМ 445-48/1

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