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Out of respect to the spirit of a dead seal, a Chukchi boy, Vasa Pilanto, pours over it. Chukotka, Siberia. 2002
RC.0238-30		 Out of respect to the spirit of a dead seal, a Chukchi boy, Vasa Pilanto, pours water into its mouth. Chukotka, Siberia. 2002
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Two Chukchi boys, Larik Vukuchyvun (left) & Matvey Keytegin hunting seals from the snow covered shoreline. Dezhnovka, Chukotka, Siberia. 2004
RC.0436-21		 Standing by his baidarka (walrus skin boat), Yakov Vukutagin, hunts seals from the shoreline at Dezhnovka. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004
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Standing by his baidarka (walrus skin boat), Yakov Vukutagin, hunts seals from the shoreline at Dezhnovka. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004
RC.0438-09		 Out of respect to the spirit of a dead seal, a Chukchi boy, Vasa Pilanto, pours water into its mouth. Chukotka, Siberia. 2002
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Yuri Ilkay, an elderly Chukchi, dressed for winter seal hunting. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002
RC.0239-02		 Chukchi reindeer herder, Grisha Rahtyn, dragging a Ringed Seal on his sled. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Chukchi reindeer herder, Grisha Rahtyn, dragging a Ringed Seal on his sled. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
RC.1006-23		 Chukchi reindeer herder, Grisha Rahtyn, dragging a Ringed Seal on his sled. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Chukchi reindeer herder, Grisha Rahtyn, dragging a Ringed Seal on his sled. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
RC.1006-25		 A sealskin bag containing idols & other traditional sacred objects used by Chukchi reindeer herders in rituals to protect their family & reindeer. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Two Chukchi boys, Larik Vukuchyvun (left) & Matvey Keytegin hunting seals from the snow covered shoreline. Dezhnovka, Chukotka, Siberia. 2004
RC.0436-20		 Yakov Vukutagin, a Chukchi man from Uelen, hunts seals from the shoreline at Dezhnovka. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004
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Standing by his baidarka (walrus skin boat), Yakov Vukutagin, hunts seals from the shoreline at Dezhnovka. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004
RC.0438-01		 A young Chukchi hunter waits near the shoreline at Dezhnovka for seals to surface. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004
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Chukchi hunter, Alexei Pilanto, with a ringed seal outside his home in Uelen. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002
RC.0237-26		 With help from a sled dog, Vasa Pilanto, drags a seal back to his home in Uelen. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia 2002
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