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Lapinkylä

Fishing

1674

Schefferus writes that they got food by fishing or hunting, and that the men dressed the fish. Later he says the women fished when the men were away: with nets, with a drag net between two boats, with a spear, and in winter with nets under the ice. The hooks were juniper. The book has no picture of this. (Schefferus 1674)

Kautokeino

A wooden netting needle from Kautokeino. The museum gives it the North Sámi names fierbmesággi and buik(k)ár. It entered the collection in 1950. The Sámi Parliament counts fishing among the traditional livelihoods. (Norsk Folkemuseum; Sámi Parliament of Finland)

1950. A wooden netting needle. This is not a net.
1950. A wooden netting needle. This is not a net.Photo: Norsk Folkemuseum. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. The image is unchanged.

Skolt

A net from Siida’s collection. The catalog calls it tintasilmä and says it is Skolt, for small salmon. (Sámi Museum Siida)

A net, tintasilmä. The catalog calls it Skolt.
A net, tintasilmä. The catalog calls it Skolt.Photo: Sámi Museum Siida. Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. The image is unchanged.

Jokkmokk

A fishing implement from Jokkmokk is missing. We are asking Ájtte.

Ájtte

Lovozero

A fishing implement from the Kola side is missing. We are asking the Lovozero museum.

Lovozero museum