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Sable skins hanging up outside at a Selkup hunter's winter camp near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Sable skins hanging up outside at a Selkup hunter's winter camp near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Gennadiy, an elderly Selkup hunter, removes a sable caught in a leghold trap. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Elena Agicheva, an elderly Selkup woman holds sable skins caught by her husband at their winter camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Kosta Kalin, a Selkup hunter, setting a trap to catch sable in the forest in winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia. (2012)

Kosta Kalin, a Selkup hunter, baiting a trap with fish to catch sable in the forest in winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia. (2012)

Yevgeny Togolmasov, a Mansi hunter, brushes the snow off a Sable he has caught, while out checking his traps on skiis in the forest near Sosva. Khanty-Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia

Yevgeny Togolmasov, a Mansi hunter, brushes the snow off a Sable he has caught, while out checking his traps on skiis in the forest near Sosva. Khanty-Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia

Yevgeny Togolmasov, a Mansi hunter, carrying a Sable he has caught, while out checking his traps on skiis in the forest near Sosva. Khanty-Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia

Yevgeny Togolmasov, a Mansi hunter, carrying a Sable he has caught, while out checking his traps on skiis in the forest near Sosva. Khanty-Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia

Front view of traditional Khanty woman's reindeer skin coats (left & right) with fox fur collar. The centre coat is made from sable. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Traditional bead work being used to decorate a Khanty woman's sable coat. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Traditional bead work being used to decorate a Khanty woman's sable coat. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Sable skins hanging up outside at a Selkup hunter's winter camp near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Sable skins hanging up outside at a Selkup hunter's winter camp near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A red fox and sable skin hanging up outside at a Selkup hunter's winter camp near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A dead sable caught in a leghold trap by a Selkup hunter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A dead sable caught in a leghold trap by a Selkup hunter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Gennadiy, an elderly Selkup hunter, removes a sable caught in a leghold trap. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Gennadiy, an elderly Selkup hunter, removes a sable caught in a leghold trap. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Gennadiy, an elderly Selkup hunter, removes a sable caught in a leghold trap. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Lena Kuboleva, a Selkup woman, skinning a sable her husband has trapped at their winter camp near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Lena Kuboleva, a Selkup woman, skinning a sable her husband has trapped at their winter camp near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Lena Kuboleva, a Selkup woman, skinning a sable her husband has trapped at their winter camp near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Lena Kuboleva, a Selkup woman, stretches a sable skin onto a drying board at her family'snwinter camp near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Elena Agicheva, an elderly Selkup woman holds sable skins caught by her husband at their winter camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Elena Agicheva, an elderly Selkup woman holds sable skins caught by her husband at their winter camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A trap set to catch sable in winter, baited with fish and meat. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia. (2012)

A trap set to catch sable in winter, baited with fish and meat. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia. (2012)

Ivan Agichev, an elderly Selkup hunter, setting a trap in the forest to catch sable in the winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia. (2012)

Kosta Kalin, a Selkup hunter, setting a trap to catch sable in the forest in winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia. (2012)

Kosta Kalin, a Selkup hunter, setting a trap to catch sable in the forest in winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia. (2012)

Kosta Kalin, a Selkup hunter, setting a trap to catch sable in the forest in winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia. (2012)

A Siberian Sable in a cage at a fur farm in the Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A Siberian Sable in a cage at a fur farm in the Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia