Title

Two Tungus men and a woman with a cross on her chest, 1920-1939. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Two Tungus men and a woman with a cross on her chest, 1920-1939. From a collection which includes more than two hundred photographs taken during scientific expeditions into the most remote wilderness regions of Siberia at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. This selection illustrates the life of seven indigenous groups from East Siberia: Kets, Dolgans, Buryats, Yakuts, Even, Evenks, and Toffalars. Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A12_341

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NA

Property release

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,4Mb (2,9Mb) / 12,3in x 16,5in / 3691 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

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