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Samoyed travelling on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, late 16th-early 17th century. Dutch depiction of a Samoyed man (indigenous Siberian) driving a sleigh or sledge. He is dressed in furs and has a quiver full of arrows in his belt. In the background stands a group of religious idols, some with reindeer antlers planted in front of them. The Samoyed peoples, of which the Nenets are the most numerous, inhabit the Arctic region of Northern Siberia.