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A FEMALE TARTAR OF KAZAN,
SHEWING THE BACK PART OF HER DRESS.
THE dress qf the Tartarian women resembles that of the men in a
great many rcspects, especially in their shifts, jackets, stockings, and
boots or slippers, except that the two latter are painted, when worn by
the females; the fashion also of the shape is a little different. The
inner part of a woman's dress, that is, of the rich, is embroidered upon
the breast, where it buttons; her exterior habit is of fine cloth,
sometimes of silk, or rich stuff, laced, bordered, and ornamented with
gold. Over the upper part of the breast they wear a sort of handkerchief,
covered with glass beads, or small pieces of money, laid
over each other like scales. Most women also wear a riband over the
shoulder, richly ornamented with beads, and gold or silver medals.
They also M ear necklaces. Their head is covered with a bonnet, on
which pieces of money, or medals, are placed one over the other like the
scales of a fish. To the hind part of this they fix a strange ornament,
something like that in Plate X. which reaches to the calves of their legs ;
it is called kaschpour; it consists of a strip of linen three or four inches
wide, richly embroidered, ornamented, and fringed. In summer they
dress oi ily in their sliift, which is fimtasticaUy worked, Uke those of
the Tcheremhisian women.
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