Hide Tanning and Its Use in Taiga: The Case of the Orochen-Evenki Reindeer Herders and Hunters of Zabaikalye (East Siberia)

This article documents the way in which the Orochen-Evenki hunters and herders in northern part of Zabaikalye tan hides and produce gear in the post-Soviet era. Here, I wish to present the argument that it is difficult to understand the reviving of hide tanning in remote villages and the taiga witho...

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Main Author: Brandišauskas, Donatas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics 2011
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Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/18924