. Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin. Number 59, October 1917 . 1. 2. Siberian Cossack. 40 BULLETIN OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM but always sleeveless, worn over a lingerie skirt much embroidered and ofwhich the sleeves, when means allowed, were made of silk-brocade or velvet andeven, at times, were covered with heavy gold embroidery. But it was the head-dress that occupied the most thought of the Russian women—the Kokosh-nicks, the Kikas, the Povowiks—the crowns and diadems embroideredin gold with jewels and pearls, often displaying the greatest extravagance.

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