Title

Summer Habitation of the Superior People of Kamtschatka'

Caption

Summer Habitation of the Superior People of Kamtschatka'. Engraving from "New System of Geography" by Thomas Bankes (London, c1785). Inhabitants ot the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East in a dwelling which seems to be wood covered with a turf thatch. Food is being cooked in a pot hanging over an open fire. Two women are seated on some form of matting on a slightly raised platform. Arctic. Ethnography.

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