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Costume of the Russian empire : illustrated by upwards of seventy richly coloured engravings .. (1811)

Harding, Edward · London : Printed by T. Bensley for J. Stockdale · leaf 243

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t chez tous les peuples nomades. Les Koriaks sont vêtu comme les Kamtchadales; mais ils ont toujoursles cheveux coupés tout près de la peau. Pour leurs voyages dhiver, ils seservent de traîneaux longs et légers, tirés par des rennes: mais ils ne saventpas, comme les Toungouses, monter ces animaux,… … PLATE LV. A KORIAK, IN HER HOLIDAY DRESS. The ties of blood form no obstacle to the conjugal union of the Koriaks.They are permitted to many their cousins, aunts, and even their mothers-in-law. Contrary to the custom of the greater part of the people of the East,the husband does not purchase his…

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