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 83
i nest autre chose quunemauvaise poupée. On offre à ces idoles domestiques des peaux de petitesanimaux, des oiseaux, des poissons, &c. Les prêtres Ostiaks se nommentTotébi. Ils expliquent les songes, prédisent lavenir, conjurent les esprits,guérissent, font les prières et offrent les… … PLATE XVI. AN OSTIAK ERMINE HUNTING. Fishing is the principal occupation of the Ostiaks, and that in which theyare most successful. In summer they cover the rivers with their canoeswhich they carry by land from one lake to another. On the banks theyconstruct small huts of the bark of trees and…
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