Costume and fashion history of Asia . Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources. The Forgotten Books.
The Inside of A Winter Habitation in Kamtchatka. Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the… Read More
A Kamchadale in his Winter Dress. Un Kamtchadale en Habit d’Hiver. A CHAIN of stony and barren mountains, extending from the fifty-first to the sixty-second degree of north latitude, forms… Read More
A Kamchadale in his ordinary Dress. Un Kamtchadale en habit ordinaire. WHEN we consider the natural productions of Kamchatka, and the severity of the climate of this peninsula, some idea… Read More
Traditional Kamtschatka Holiday Dress. Une Kamchadale en Habit de Fête. THE Kamtchadale seldom chooses a wife from among the females who dwell in the same hut with himself. He repairs to… Read More
A Woman of Kamtschatka in her richest Apparel. Une Kamtchadale dans sa plus grande Parure. But, notwithstanding the difficulties mentioned in the preceding description, the lover has not yet passed through… Read More
A Kalmyk Housewife and Girl. Une Femme et Fille Calmouque. THE dress of the Kalmyk women differs little from that of the men. Their trowsers are the same; the outer garment… Read More
A Kabardian of Mount Caucasus. Un Kabardien du Mont Caucase. CAUCASUS is that vast chain of mountains, extending from the north-west to the south-east, between the Euxine and the Caspian… Read More
A Female Kabardian of Mount Caucasus. Une Kabardienne du Mont Caucase. THE dress of all the Tartars of Mount Caucasus (Kabardin, Circassian, Cherkessia) is nearly the same, and chiefly consists of… Read More
Two Ingushians in tradititional folk dress, 1803. Deux Ingusches. THE Ingushians (Republic of Ingushetia, North Caucasus) are a tribe differing entirely from all the other inhabitants of the Caucasus, in… Read More
The Wife of a Cossack of the Don, and a Girl of Tscherkassk. La Femme d’un Cosaque du Don, et une Fille de Tscherkassk. DURING the last twenty years, Tscherkassk, the… Read More
