Formerly known as Tungus or Tunguz, Mongolian. Tungusic people of Northern Asia. The Evenks are recognized as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North.
A Tungusian, Evenki in his ordinary Dress. Tungusic people.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
Back view of an Evenki Shaman in the Vicinity of the Argun.
The Evenks are recognized as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North. The traditional religion of the Evenki is strongly influenced by shamanism.
A Khanty, Ostyak of the Ob in traditional dress.
Ostyak Finno-Ugric, Khanty Ugrian people, living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals) Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
Female Ostyak Finno-Ugric, Khanty Ugrian.
Ostyak Finno-Ugric, Khanty Ugrian people, living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals).
A Ostyak in traditional dress hunt ermine.
In 1803, Ostyak people in northwestern Siberia hunted ermine with bows, traded with Russians, and lived in fragrant, multi-use huts.
Unalaska, Aleutian Islands folk dresses.
Woman of the Moksha Tribe in traditional Mordavia folk dress.
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.
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.
The Kuriles are a chain of islands extending from the south promontory of Kamchatka as far as Japan.
Parsis in India. The Parsee.
History of the Parsis: including their manners, customs, religion and present position by Dosabhai Framji Karaka; in two volumes. London, 1884.