Reindeer Meat

Information on The Tundra Nenets

Kosta Serotetto, a Nenets boy, eating raw reindeer meat with a sharp knife. Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993

At a Nenets reindeer herders' camp, Irina Laptander skins & butchers a reindeer calf, while her daughter Angelina and Darina, her 4 year old cousin watch. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

At a Nenets reindeer herders' camp, Irina Laptander skins & butchers a reindeer calf, while her daughter Angelina and Darina, her 4 year old cousin watch. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

At a Nenets reindeer herders' camp, Irina Laptander skins & butchers a reindeer calf while her daughter Angelina and Darina her 4 year old cousin watch. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

At a reindeer herders' summer camp, Nenets children help Slava Oktetto skin & butcher a reindeer calf. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

Fresh reindeer meat drying outside a tent at a Nenets reindeer herders' summer camp on the Yamal Peninsula. NW Siberia, Russia

Grisha Vanuito, a Nenets herder, carrying reindeer meat at his winter camp in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia.

Grisha Vanuito, a Nenets herder, carrying reindeer meat at his winter camp in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia.

Ivan Taibery, a Nenets reindeer herder, at his winter camp. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

At their winter camp,Emma Vanuito, a Nenets woman, saws up frozen reindeer meat, with her daughter, Nenya, close by. Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.

At their winter camp, Emma Vanuito, a Nenets woman, saws up frozen reindeer meat, with her daughter, Nenya, close by. Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.

Nenets reindeer herders selling reindeer meat at a market in Salekhard. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

A Nenets reindeer herder selling reindeer meat at a market in Salekhard. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Nenets herders gather round to eat from the carcass of a reindeer they have killed for food. Yamal. Siberia. 1993

Nenets herders gather round to eat from the carcass of a reindeer they have killed for food. Yamal. Siberia. 1993

The carcasses of reindeer from an autumn cull hanging at a herders camp. Yamal Peninsula, W.Siberia, Russia

Nenets herders killing a reindeer for food. Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993

Valya Serotetto, a Nenets girl, stirs a pot of reindeer stew over an open fire in a tent. Yamal. Siberia. Russia

Boris Serotetto, a Nenets boy, carrying reindeer meat for the family meal at a winter herders' camp. Yamal. Siberia. Russia.

After killing reindeer for food Nenet herders drink the blood. Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993