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Hunting among the Yurak Samoyed

Suomalaisen-ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja30 (4)Published In 1918 • Pages: 13

By: Lehtisalo, Toivo, Kessler, Eva.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is based on the scattered notes of Toivo Lehtisalo, a linguist, who spent several years (1911-1914, under the sponsorship of the Finno-Ugrian Society) among the Yurak Samoyed who live in the northern parts of the districts of Archangel and Tobolsk. The authors objective is to report the hunting methods and equipment used (at the time of the authors fieldwork and also in the past) by the Yurak Samoyed. The economic importance of hunting is stressed in the beginning of the article. Next, follows a detailed account of the seasonal pursuit of wildlife. The author tells which animals and birds are sought during each season; the methods used, whether caught in traps, poisoned, or shot; the equipment used, such as traps, guns, nets, or a special concealing device. Then follows a description of how crossbows were made, but, according to Lehtisalo, are no longer made and used by the Samoyed. The author concludes by giving an account of the different types of arrows made and which arrows are used to kill each kind of animal or bird.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Hunting and trapping
Fowling
Marine hunting
Fishing
Domesticated animals
Weapons
Exchange transactions
Cordage
Traditional history
Animal by-products
Ethnobotany
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Nenets
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2012
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
North Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Linguist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Heather Fellows ; John Beierle ; 1975; Teferi A. Adem; 2011
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1911-1914
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not assigned
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Yurak, Russian North, Russia
NotesAdditional notes
Toivo V. Lehtisalo
Translation of: [Zur Jagd bei den Juraksamojeden]
Translated for the HRAF files by Eva Kessler and edited in 1952
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Nentsy
Nentsy--Hunting