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Photograph: Two young women wearing summer clothes. Nenets

Title:

Photograph: Two young women wearing summer clothes.

Ethnic groups:

Nenets

Date:

1934 г.

Dimensions:

6 x 8

Number:

РЭМ 8764-18049

Collectors:

Museum of the Peoples of the USSR

Photographer:
Annotation:

They have on summer parkas and deerskin suede overalls, with a lot of metal decorations. On their necks are semi, decorations of glass beads and metal pendants. In the traditional culture of the Nganasans and the Entsi, metal was believed to have sacral purity, and a magic function was ascribed to it. Abstract by I.A. Karapetova