Title: An ethnographic collection from northern Sakhalin Island
Description: The collections of Field Museum of Natural History contain 59 ethnographic objects obtained in the late 19th century from teh Nivkhi, Oroki, and Evenki peoples of northern Sakhalin Island. These objects are described and illustrated. Information from historic and contemporary descriptions of Nivkhi and Oroki-Evenki material culture is included for comparative purposes.
Subjects: Catalogs, Civilization, Ethnological collections, Evenki (Asian people), Field Museum of Natural History, Gilyaks, Material culture, Oroch (Asian people), Ethnology, Antiquities, Social life and customs, Fur garments
Places: Russia (Federation), Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ), Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
People: Alexandra, L. K. Pogosky