FINNISH FOREST REINDEER - 6.5x6.5 inches $235.00 sold
Reindeer 1 - 3.5x4.5 inches $55.00 sold
Rare Beasts - 6.5x6.5 inches $225.00 sold
Reindeer 2 - 6x4.5 inches $125.00 sold
Raven - 3.5x4.5 inches $55.00 sold
Reindeer 3 - 3x6 inches $155.00 sold

Rangifer tarandus

Status: Vulnerable, due to climate change, shifting vegetation patterns, and ineffective land use.

The Sámi people of Sápmi have an intricate relationship with reindeer. They are semi-nomadic reindeer herders, moving through the inhospitable environments and treeless tundras alongside the migratory reindeer. They, and other reindeer-herding indigenous people in the Siberian sub-arctic regions maintain a delicate balance and harmony in their relationship to the creatures.

For the Koryak people in Far Russia, reindeer are also respected, sacred, and an integrated part of their daily life and survival. The Koryak have a legend of how Raven, the creator and first-ancestor, flew out into the stars, and returned bringing reindeer to the people.

Sources:
* Jochelson, Waldemar. “The Mythology of the Koryak.” American Anthropologist, vol. 6, no. 4, 1904, pp. 413–425. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/659272. Accessed 13 Aug. 2021.
* https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.559.6027&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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Size: 7 x 7 inches
Medium: Ink
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Original: Sold

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