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Prehistory archeology Alta Museum;Norway;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people
A reindeer.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1998-04 Gazza roaskkas ja lávze spoahkas.\\From the estern reindeer competition in Karasjok.
 
Prehistory archeology Alta Museum;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people;hunting;moose
Elk and reindeers.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1998-01 . Between 20th of November and 20th of January, the sun is under the horizon in the Varanger area.
 
hunting;moose;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people;Prehistory archeology Alta Museum
Elk hunting.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1997-11 The profite of the year in the tundra.
 
hunting;Norway;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people;Prehistory archeology Alta Museum;moose
Elk hunting.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1997-09 In September the reindeer owners collect the reindeers in a coral to mark the calves, to count the profit of the summer.
 
Norway;Alta;Sami;Saami;hunting motive
Elk hunting.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1995-08 Kai Jensen finds the peace by the fire.
 
Prehistory archeology Alta Museum;hunting;fishing with net;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people;Norway
Fishermen.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1996-08 Powerful male reindeers with mighty antlers. They are the leaders of the herd.
 
Prehistory archeology Alta Museum;hunting;Norway;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people
Hunting for reindeer.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1998-06 A recently born reindeer calf by the coast in West-Finnmark. The eagle is a threaten for the newborns.
 
Prehistory archeology Alta Museum;Norway;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people
Probably the first picture of domestic reindeer husbandry.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1998-02 A reindeer is resting in the sunset..
 
Prehistory archeology Alta Museum;Norway;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people
Propably an elk. Or an reindeer?

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1998-04 Traces after a herd - too big to be counted.
 
Prehistory archeology Alta Museum;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people;Norway;hunting
Reindeer hunting.

©Øyvind Ravna
Caravan with reindeers on the way to the ocean
 
Norway;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people;Prehistory archeology Alta Museum;hunting
Sea bird hunters.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1996-08 On the hottest days, the reindeers go down to the ocean to cool them down in the Northeast wind. Here one can see three male reindeers by the sea on the Norteastern part of Varanger Peninsula.
 
Prehistory archeology Alta Museum;hunting;Norway;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people
The bear hunt was not only a hunt, but a religious cult, too.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1998-05 In the May, the female reindeers moves North to the ocean to born their calves.
 
Norway;Saami tradition;Rock-art;Alta;Finnmark
The bear-hunting.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1996-04 The monastery in Pechenga carries the name of Saint Trifon, which according to a legend, was the first missionary among the Saami people in the North.
 
Prehistory archeology Alta Museum;Saami sami Finno-Ugric indigenous people;Norway;fishing
Whales or sea fish.

©Øyvind Ravna
Date: 1997-10 The owner and his assistant are working to find their calves. The photo shows the deceased reindeer owner Nils Andreas Smuk.
 


 

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