Baraba girl.
"Fille de Barabinze".
Antique copper engraving from a book "Costumes Civils Actuels de Tous Les Peuples Connus, Dessines d'Apres Nature, Graves Et Colories".
The Baraba steppe (Baraba) is a lowland in the southern part of Western Siberia, within the boundaries of the Nov Sibirsk and Omsk regions. "Baraba" is the name of an ancient tribe that lived in this territory even before the Tatars and changed itself in honor of the patron totem - the jay bird.
Technique, Material: Copper engraving / hand coloured / Paper
Artist: Claude-Louis Desrais, Engraver: Jean Marie Mixelle
Date, Publisher: Costumes Civils' by Sylvain Marechal, Paris, 1789
Size: sheet 14 x 21 cm.
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