PLATE IV.
A FEMALE PEASANT OF FINLAND.
THE women of Finland are not in general so handsome as those of
Lapland, but their dress is more curious. They wear linen nest their
skin, a sort of drawers, stockings of different colours, and shoes ;
they also use a kind of sUpper, that only covers the heel, the bottom
of the foot, and their toes. They have a gown, formed like a shift,
not very long, but large, without sleeves, and not made to their shape:
their external garment, however, has very large sleeves. They also
wear short aprons, painted in various colours, and embroidered and
decorated with beads and fringe. They cover their heads with a piece
of hnen, which falls down on their shoulders; and they ornament their
throat and neck with several rows of glass beads of different colours
and shapes; while similar trinkets hang from their ears. Their girdle
goes twice round their waist, and ties on one side; it is made either
of skin or linen, three inches wide, with fringe at the ends. In winter
the chief part of their dress is made of coarse cloth; as seen in this
Plate. The next is a specimen of their finest summer attire.
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