Summer Habitation of the Superior People of Kamtschatka

Summer Habitation of the Superior People of Kamtschatka'. Engraving from New System of Geography by Thomas Bankes (London, circa 1785). 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

1785 Anthropology Bankes Cooked Dwelling Ethnography Habitation Inhabitants Kamchatka Kamtschatka Matting Seems Superior Thatch Turf

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