Handbook to the ethnographical collections . astened in front by a clasp or buckle of silveror brass (fig. 52). Both cloth andleather are often ornamented with pat-terns in applique-work of the samematerial but in another colour. Thiskind of work is widespread in Centraland North-Eastern Asia, being oftenexecuted entirely in birch-bark, asamongst the Gilyak in Sakhalien, andon the Amur. Almost every Tibetanwears round his neck an amulet, usuallyin a small metal box (fig. 53 c and d). The costume of women is very similarto that of the men, but their mannerof dressing the hair is more elaborate,
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . astened in front by a clasp or buckle of silveror brass (fig. 52). Both cloth andleather are often ornamented with pat-terns in applique-work of the samematerial but in another colour. Thiskind of work is widespread in Centraland North-Eastern Asia, being oftenexecuted entirely in birch-bark, asamongst the Gilyak in Sakhalien, andon the Amur. Almost every Tibetanwears round his neck an amulet, usuallyin a small metal box (fig. 53 c and d). The costume of women is very similarto that of the men, but their mannerof dressing the hair is more elaborate,the men usually contenting them-selves with a single iMgtail often coiledround the head, while the women have a large number of plaitsto which silvei ornaments, plaques, rings, mounted beads, &c.,are attached. Most ornaments are of silver, very commonly setwith turquoise and coral; they consist principally of ear-rings,finger-rings, clasps and buckles. Kosaries of beads are wornround the neck and wrists, and are sometimes used as an aid. Fig. 54.— Copper kettle usedin tea-makins. Tibet.
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