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PLATE XVI.
AN OLD MORDVINE WOMAN
OF THE MOKSHAN TRIBE.
T HE old people of this tribe dress their heads in a manner not very
dissimilar from the j'oung girls; they simply cover them with a piece
of linen, very much worked, which takes the shape of the head, and
falling down on their back, in some measure covers their hair, which
is not otherwise confined, but falls loose on their shovüders. Instead
of an apron fastened to their girdle behind, w-hich is worn by the
Erzian tribe, the Mokshans hang a quantity of tassels half way dow'n.
To their common ear-rings they also fix some small tassels made of
swan's down, and they put ornamental rings to different parts of their
dress.
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