Seal butchering

Liuba Tnagergina shows two reindeer herding women how to skin and butcher a female seal, which they have never done before. I have seen these women skin a deer in a few minutes, but they struggled with the new animal. The skin is peeled off in a big tube and then cut into one long strip for cordage....

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Other Authors: Liubov Tnagergina, Tatiana Yatylkut, Vasili Tnagergin, Vladimir Yatylkut, Nadezhda Tnagergina
Format: Moving Image (Video)
Language:Russian
English
Published: Alexander King 2001
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Online Access:https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1313323%23
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Summary:Liuba Tnagergina shows two reindeer herding women how to skin and butcher a female seal, which they have never done before. I have seen these women skin a deer in a few minutes, but they struggled with the new animal. The skin is peeled off in a big tube and then cut into one long strip for cordage. The scene is near Tnagergins’s fishing camp. High wind noise, but some Koryak and considerable Russian audible. Filmed about 7pm. Born in Naimki. Profession: reindeer herder. Estimated year of death: 2008. Mother of one son.