History of the Parsis: including their manners, customs, religion and present position by Dosabhai Framji Karaka; in two volumes. London, 1884.
Parsis in India. The Parsee.
Greek tragedy and comedy masks
Greek tragedy and comedy masks Greek pottery Tragic and comic masks seem to owe their origin in Greece to Bacchus’ feasts, wherein those, who took part in them, where in… Read More
A Female Shaman, or Sorceress of Krasnojarsk.
Magician, Shamane, Devineresse, Krasnojarsk, Siberia, Russia,
A Koriak in his Holiday Dress.
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
A Female Koriak in traditional Kamtchatka dress.
A Female Koriak in traditional Kamtchatka dress. Une Koriake. THE stationary Koriaks are far from entertaining the jealous sentiments of their neighbors, of whom we have just spoken: on the… Read More
Traditional Bavarian folk costume from Tegernsee.
Traditional Bavarian folk costume from Lake Tegernsee, Upper Bavaria. Gallery: “Sheets for costume design: historical and folk costumes. Published by Franz Lipperheide, 1876-1887.
A Koriak in traditional Kamtchatka dress.
A Koriak in traditional Kamtchatka dress. Un Koriak. THE Koryaks are, principally, scattered to the north of the Pengina lake and the peninsula of Kamtchatka, as far as the coasts of… Read More
A Kyrgyz on Horseback. Sara-Kaisaki, or Cossacks of the desert.
The Kyrgyz dress in the Oriental Costume; but their clothes are generally better than those worn by the other Tartars
A Female Kyrgyz . The Costume of the Empire of Russia.
The Kyrgyz, in renouncing their religion, have, however, preserved their magicians.
Traditional Black Forest folk costume
Traditional Black Forest folk costume from Rippoldsau in Schapbachthale. Gallery: “Sheets for costume design: historical and folk costumes. Published by Franz Lipperheide, 1876-1887.