Back Figure of a Female Tartar of Kazan 1803. Une Tatare de Kazan, par derniére. SUBMISSIVE to the laws of the Alcoran, the Tartars can never possess more than four… Read More
Back Figure of a Female Tatar of Kazan.
Category: 19th Century
A Nogayan or Katschintz Tatar woman
A Nogayan or Katschintz Tartar Woman Une Femme Tatare de Katschintz. THE Katschintzian females wear trowsers, and short boots in the shape of stockings, made of skin, and ornamented with… Read More
A Katschintzian Tatar Girl. Krasnojarsk costume.
A Katschintzian Tartar Girl. Krasnojarsk folk dress. Une Fille Tatare de Katschintz. IN the province of Krasnojarsk, on the banks of the Yenessei, and of several rivers enriching that great stream,… Read More
Costume of a Tatar Girl of Kusnezk.
A Tartar Girl of Kusnezk 1803. Une Fille Tatare de Kousnetzk. THE dress of the Teleutans is not less miserable than their mode of living. Their women, however, sometimes wear… Read More
A Nogais Tatar Lady, Princess.
A Nogais Tartar Lady of distinction. In the centre of the group a Princess of that Nation, attended by a Female Slave, 1803. Une Femme Tatare Nogais de distinction; au… Read More
Fellah girl from Alexandria, Egypt, 19th c.
Fellah is the name given to peasants in the Near East
Turkish embroidery in very fine twisted silks, gold and silver thread.
Borders of very fine linen embroidered in very fine twisted silks, gold and silver thread and gold plate in double running following the design, and satin stitch for the gold plate.
Back Figure of a Female Shaman, or Sorceress of Krasnajarsk.
Back Figure of a Female Schaman, or Sorceress of Krasnajarsk.
A Samoyed. Nenets northern arctic indigenous people.
A Samoyed. Nenets northern arctic indigenous people. Un Samoyède. THE tribes of Samoyedes wandering on this side the Yougoric mountains have long been known to the Russians. It is proved… Read More
A Female Samoyed in her Summer Dress.
A Female Samoyed in her Summer Dress 1803. ALTHOUGH the Samoyedes are permitted to marry as many wives as they are able to maintain, the greater part of them are… Read More