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PLATE LV.
A FEMALE KORIAK.
T h e dress of the Koriaks of both tribes or nations is v e ^ similar to
that of the Kamtshadals, and is formed chiefly with the skins of the
rem-deer, which the women embroider and work, after having prepared
them by tanning. Their shoes or boots are made in the same
way, and veiy much ornamented; but the dress of ceremony, since
the introduction of the Russians, is generally made of cloth. They
ornament their clothes in various ways, with the hair of dogs, &c
and sometimes use the feathers of birds. The women also spot their
faces, as seen in this Plate. These last are not held in the highest
est:mat^n, especially by the wandering Koriaks, who are Lch
addicted to jealousy; they even murder their wives upon the slightest
suspicion; and, if ever caught with their lovers, both are sure to be
sacrificed to their fiu,. The reverse of this takes place among the
sedenta^ Konaks, who think they do themselves no wrong, and oblige
heir friends, by offering the favours of their wives and daughters
ee Voyage en Sibérie, par D'Auteroche, Tome II. page 137) : for
his purpose, the master of the house leaves them together, and someimes
goes to return the compliment at the house of another friende
l e to ? ^^ ^ i-sband, to
reflise to sleep with his wife; so much so, indeed, as to endanger
persons hfe. Polygamy is allowed among all these people, X
have „etimes three or four . .ve s ; but they do not p ú l a s e them
s IS the custom among the Tartars. Scarcely any ceremony is observed
m the. marriages, and mere contact completes their conjugal rites
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