A Giliak woman The Nivkh, or Gilyak (also Nivkhs, or Gilyaks) are an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the lower Amur River and coast on the adjacent Russian mainland and historically possibly parts of Manchuria. from the book ' The living races of mankind ' a popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts & ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, and Henry Neville Hutchinson Volume 2 Published in London by Hutchinson & Co. in 1902

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