Woman of the Mari people (Cheremisa or Cheremis) of Russia. In bonnet of birch bark covered in cloth with shells, embroidered linen tunic, sash belt, culottes, gaiters and shoes. Femme Tscheremisse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.

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