How do you transport your baby, when you are always on the move, and your mode of transport of a horse or a reindeer? Next week, the new big special exhibition ‘On the steppes of Genghis Khan – Mongolia’s nomads’ opens at Moesgaard Museum. The […]
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Gihr-Gihr – Siberia
This week, we are proud to present another guest blogger: Jeanette Lykkegård, PhD Scholar at the Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University. We asked Jeanette to share an experience from her time in Siberia, and she sent us this fascinating story: The Life of a Gihr-Gihr. On a […]
In Other Shoes – Finnish reindeer shoes
About these comfy looking shoes, S. L. Tuxen wrote: “Laplandic shoes. Reindeer shoes from Finland. Bought in a store in Taka-Lappi, Svalo (69° N) in Northern Finland, August 1th 1947 in exchange for 500 mark. According to Valentin Jensen (1957) the shoes are slightly touristy […]
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