In winter, sleds become the main means of transportation used by the northern peoples. These are long and narrow sleds with two runners, which are pulled by dogs or deer.
You can load up to four hundred kilograms on the sled. These sleds are used to bring food and other necessary things to the hunting grounds, as well as to take the prey to the settlement.
As a rule, dog sleds are slightly larger than the ones pulled by hand. Sled dogs are controlled with the help of a special wooden pole called “horey”. Not only hunters and fishermen use these sleds — women use them to transport water and firewood.
Reindeer sleigh is the largest of all. It can be three meters long, eighty centimeters wide (at the back) and about fifty centimeters high. The number of deer pulling such sleds can vary from three to eight. A complex rope halter (a strap for leading a horse with one lead) made of straps and bone plates. The rope halter leads to a check rein that is used to control the leading deer. Breast and belly straps made of leather are put on the animal. They are usually interconnected. A system of straps runs to the sled’s driver and is used to guide the reindeer.
Some groups of the eastern Khanty harness deer to sleighs that are completely similar in design to manual ones.
Reindeer sleigh can be used to carry people and goods. The sleighs that are used to carry goods can also differ depending on the purpose — whether they are used for the transportation of firewood, long poles used to construct a chum (tent), or food. Such sleds are used all year round, and the sleds with boxes are used in summer to store clothes, footwear, and household items.
Women’s and men’s sleds generally do not differ in their design. However, women’s sleds are slightly longer and lower than the men’s, because they are also used to transport children. The number of reindeer that can be harnessed ranges from one to four.
People’s Master of Russia Nikolai Tasmanov used wood and “rovduga” (deerskin) to make the miniature copy of the sled that is displayed at the exhibition. The narrow sled consists of a seat, two sled runners, and three pairs of stanchions — short wooden bars that hold the runners together. The seat of the sled is made of pinewood, the sled runners are made of spruce, the feet are made of birch wood.
You can load up to four hundred kilograms on the sled. These sleds are used to bring food and other necessary things to the hunting grounds, as well as to take the prey to the settlement.
Sleds can be pulled by people, dogs or deer. Sleds that are pulled by hand are about two meters long. A hunter pulls this type of sled himself using a strap thrown over his shoulder and sometimes harnessing a dog for help.
As a rule, dog sleds are slightly larger than the ones pulled by hand. Sled dogs are controlled with the help of a special wooden pole called “horey”. Not only hunters and fishermen use these sleds — women use them to transport water and firewood.
Reindeer sleigh is the largest of all. It can be three meters long, eighty centimeters wide (at the back) and about fifty centimeters high. The number of deer pulling such sleds can vary from three to eight. A complex rope halter (a strap for leading a horse with one lead) made of straps and bone plates. The rope halter leads to a check rein that is used to control the leading deer. Breast and belly straps made of leather are put on the animal. They are usually interconnected. A system of straps runs to the sled’s driver and is used to guide the reindeer.
Some groups of the eastern Khanty harness deer to sleighs that are completely similar in design to manual ones.
Reindeer sleigh can be used to carry people and goods. The sleighs that are used to carry goods can also differ depending on the purpose — whether they are used for the transportation of firewood, long poles used to construct a chum (tent), or food. Such sleds are used all year round, and the sleds with boxes are used in summer to store clothes, footwear, and household items.
Women’s and men’s sleds generally do not differ in their design. However, women’s sleds are slightly longer and lower than the men’s, because they are also used to transport children. The number of reindeer that can be harnessed ranges from one to four.
People’s Master of Russia Nikolai Tasmanov used wood and “rovduga” (deerskin) to make the miniature copy of the sled that is displayed at the exhibition. The narrow sled consists of a seat, two sled runners, and three pairs of stanchions — short wooden bars that hold the runners together. The seat of the sled is made of pinewood, the sled runners are made of spruce, the feet are made of birch wood.
