Women’s Clothing

Information on The Tundra Nenets

Two young Nenets women, Alina (left) and Sernya, dragging a bag of snow back to their camp to melt for water. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russa

Yulena Serotetto, a Nenets woman, and her daughter, Marina, dressed up in traditional reindeer skin clothing for a Spring reindeer herders' festival. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Nenets women travelling by reindeer sled in a storm on the spring migration. Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993

A Nenets woman's reindeer skin boot decorated with beadwork. Yar-Sale. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

A Nenets woman, wearing a traditional reindeer skin Yagushka (coat) in Yar-Sale during the Spring Reindeer Herders Festival. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Neseynya Serotetto, a Nenets woman, dressed in a traditional reindeer skin Yagushka (coat). She has a university degree in cultural anthropology and now manages the Eagle Ethnic Camp at her home village of Yar-Sale. Yamal. NW Siberia, Russia. (2018)

Raisa Serotetto, a Nenets woman, drags firewood to her family's tent at their winter camp on the edge of a forest. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Valya Khudi, weaving a woollen Nenets man's belt on a traditional hand loom. Yar-Sale, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia.

Neseinye Serotetto, a Nenets woman from a reindeer herding family, who manages the handicraft department and is an event organiser at the cultural centre in Yar-Sale. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Elderly Nenets woman, Galla Serotetto, outside her family's tent at a reindeer herders' camp. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Raisa Serotetto, a Nenets woman, stands by the window inside her family's reindeer skin tent. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Nenets women selling fish at a stall during the reindeer herders' festival in Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Nenets women compete in a traditional clothing competition during the reindeer herders' festival at Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A Nenets woman pushes her baby in a cradle on skiis at the reindeer herders' festival in Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Yevdekiya Taibery, an elderly Nenets woman, sewing a pair of reindeer skin boots inside her family's tent at their winter camp. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Ludmilla Serotetto, a Nenets woman, dressed in reindeer skin clothing, feeds a tame reindeer. Yamal, Siberia, Russia.

Nyaka, an elderly Nenets woman, holds her grandaughter in a cradle inside their reindeer skin tent.Tambey tundra, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.

Nyaka, an elderly Nenets woman, using reindeer sinew to sew traditional clothing inside her family's reindeer skin tent. Tambey tundra, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.

Emma Vanuito, a Nenets woman, dresses her daughter, Nenya, in traditional warm fur clothing so she can go outside and play in the cold. Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.

Emma Vanuito, a Nenets woman, with her daughter, Nenya at their winter camp near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Northwest Siberia, Russia.

Nyaneynya Serotetto, a Nenets woman, watched by Valery, a young boy, as she feeds boiled fish to a young weak reindeer calf at a herders' winter camp. Yamal. Siberia.

Ludmilla Serotetto, a Nenets woman, emerges from reindeer skin tent. Yamal, Siberia, Russia

Ustinya Laptander with her daughter Yaline, in a reindeer skin tent at their winter camp in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

A Nenets woman uses her mobile phone to photograph at a reindeer herders festival in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

A Nenets woman selling Northern Pike (Esox lucius) at a market in Salekhard. Western Siberia, Russia.

Nenets woman, Mira Khudi, feeds bread to one of her avkas (pet reindeer). Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

A Nenets woman leading her reindeer at a festival in Nadym. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia.

Maya Khudi, a Nenets woman wearing a traditional Yagushka (coat) from the late 19th Century, made from Reindeer & Arctic Fox skins. Yamal, Siberia, Russia.

Sara Vanuitto, a Nenets woman, in traditional dress, perform a dance using a drum. Yar-Sale, Yamal, Siberia, Russia.

Nadia, a Nenets woman, sawing firewood at her family's summer camp. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

A Tundra Nenets woman & child outside their tent on the Gydan Peninsula. Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Galla Serotetto and her daughter Nesinye, softening reindeer skins for clothing at a Nenets summer camp. Yamal. Siberia.Russia

Nenets woman unharnesses her reindeer after a days travel Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993