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![[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: Men and women hunting with bows and arrows on snowshoes; "women hunt...as nimbly...or more than men"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1NjUvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFjdGl2aXRpZXMtb2YtbGFwcHMtYW5kLWZpbm5zLW1lbi1hbmQtd29tZW4taHVudGluZy13aXRoLWJvd3MtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/205/jpg "[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: Men and women hunting with bows and arrows on snowshoes; \"women hunt...as nimbly...or more than men\"]")
![[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: men spearing, and smoking salmon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1NjUvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFjdGl2aXRpZXMtb2YtbGFwcHMtYW5kLWZpbm5zLW1lbi1zcGVhcmluZy1hbmQtc21va2luZy1zYWxtb24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: men spearing, and smoking salmon]")
![[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: hunting seals, wearing "counterfeit black skins"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1NjUvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFjdGl2aXRpZXMtb2YtbGFwcHMtYW5kLWZpbm5zLWh1bnRpbmctc2VhbHMtd2VhcmluZy1jb3VudGVyZmVpdC02NDAuanBn/40/25/webp "[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: hunting seals, wearing \"counterfeit black skins\"]")
![[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: Man & horse on snowshoe "baskets" in mountains]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1NjUvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFjdGl2aXRpZXMtb2YtbGFwcHMtYW5kLWZpbm5zLW1hbi1hbmQtaG9yc2Utb24tc25vd3Nob2UtYmFza2V0cy02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: Man & horse on snowshoe \"baskets\" in mountains]")
![[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: woman milking reindeer]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1NjUvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFjdGl2aXRpZXMtb2YtbGFwcHMtYW5kLWZpbm5zLXdvbWFuLW1pbGtpbmctcmVpbmRlZXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: woman milking reindeer]")
![[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: reindeer pair drawing loaded wagon; 1 man driving & the other shooting rabbits with bow & arrow]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1NjUvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFjdGl2aXRpZXMtb2YtbGFwcHMtYW5kLWZpbm5zLXJlaW5kZWVyLXBhaXItZHJhd2luZy1sb2FkZWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/25/webp "[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: reindeer pair drawing loaded wagon; 1 man driving & the other shooting rabbits with bow & arrow]")
![[Hypnotist directing group of people to do unusual things: man wearing women's clothing and feathered hat, man using cane as fishing pole, man driving another man like a horse and carriage]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvaHlwbm90aXN0LWRpcmVjdGluZy1ncm91cC1vZi1wZW9wbGUtdG8tZG8tdW51c3VhbC10aGluZ3MtbWFuLXdlYXJpbmctd29tZW5zLWQwY2IxNS02NDAuanBn/40/58/webp "[Hypnotist directing group of people to do unusual things: man wearing women's clothing and feathered hat, man using cane as fishing pole, man driving another man like a horse and carriage]")
