Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
A Khanty, Ostyak of the Ob in traditional dress, 1803. Ostyak Finno-Ugric, Khanty Ugrian people, living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals) Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Un Ostiak de l’Ob. ON the conquest… Read More
Traditional dress of a female Ostyak, 1803. Ostyak Finno-Ugric, Khanty Ugrian people, living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals). Une Ostiake. THE Ostyak women, treated like slaves by their husbands, are… Read More
A Ostyak in traditional dress hunt ermine, 1803. Ostyak Finno-Ugric, Khanty Ugrian people, living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals). Un Ostiak à la Chasse d’Ermine. ERMINE HUNTING. Fishing is the principal occupation… Read More
Woman of the Moksha Tribe in traditional Mordavia folk dress. Une Mordvine, de la Tribu Mokchanienne 1803. THE head-dress of the females of the Mokchanien tribe is less costly than that of the… Read More
Mordοvia Woman in traditional dress of the Moksha Tribe. Une Mordvine, de la Tribu Mokchanienne. THE head-dress of the females of the Mokchanien tribe is less costly than that of the… Read More
Kuril Islands. Aboriginal Ainu in traditional costume. Un Kourilien. THE Kuriles are a chain of islands extending from the south promontory of Kamchatka as far as Japan. The Japanese have… Read More
History of the Parsis: including their manners, customs, religion and present position by Dosabhai Framji Karaka; in two volumes. London, 1884.
A Female Shaman, or Sorceress (Magician) of Krasnojarsk. Back of the costume Une Shamane, ou Devineresse de Krasnojarsk. THE numerous Pagan nations inhabiting the Russian Empire are divided into three… Read More
A Koriak in his Holiday Dress. Un Koriak en Habit de Fête. THE ties of blood form no obstacle to the conjugal union of the Koriaks. They are permitted to… Read More
