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Reindeer breeding among the Dolgan
Sovetskaia Etnografiia • (4-5) • Published In 1935 • Pages: 184-205
By: Popov, A. A., Ward, Norbert.
Abstract
This article presents very good information on the reindeer and reindeer herding activities of the Dolgan. Almost all aspects are covered: the care and herding of animals, their importance as a means of transportation, the use of their meat and hides as food and clothing, the sleds used in transportation, and the different kinds of harness used. There are also good illustrations showing these types of sleds, harness, and saddles.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- North Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Analyst
- Alice McCloskey ; 1953
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
- Notes
- A. A. Popov
- Translation from the Russian of: Olenvodstvo u dolgan
- Translated for the HRAF files by Norbert Ward
- Omitted from the file: Figures 1, 4,5, 11, 12, 12
- LCCN
- 49034716
- LCSH
- Yakut (Turkic people)