Mokshan woman
"Femme Mokschane"
Antique copper engraving from a book "Costumes Civils Actuels de Tous Les Peuples Connus, Dessines d'Apres Nature, Graves Et Colories".
Mokshane, Moksha - an ethnic group (sub-ethnos) of the Mordovians, speaking the Moksha language, one of the two Mordovian languages of the Volga-Finnish subgroup of the Finno-Ugric branch. Most Mokshans profess Orthodoxy, there are also Lutherans.
Technique, Material: Copper engraving / hand coloured / Paper
Artist: Claude-Louis Desrais, Engraver: after Jean Marie Mixelle
Date, Publisher: Costumes Civils' by Sylvain Marechal, Paris, 1789
Size: sheet 14 x 21 cm.
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