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ALEUTIANS

An Aleutian painted by Louis Choris (1816-1817).  Wearing a shirt of intestine- with a hood and a hat with a painted visor made of thin, bent wood to give it shape –  sown at the back to achieve a plunging neckline. The Aleutians occupied the chain of islands that form …

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ALEUTO

  Gli Aleuto occupavano la catena di isole che formano ponte tra la Siberia e l’Alaska. Dediti alla caccia ed alla pesca sono famosi i loro kayak particolari usati anche per la caccia alla balena. Nella seconda metà del settecento gli Aleuti orientali furono sconfitti pesantemente dai Russi e costretti …

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SAN MAURO 27

EUFRASIO THE BISHOP, CLAUDIO THE ARCHDEACON AND HIS YOUNG SON” – 6TH CENTURY MOSAIC – BASILICA, PARENZO (ISTRIA).   The archdeacon is wearing the white dalmatic (tunic) decorated with red stripes running from the shoulders to the feet, and around the bottom of the sleeve, emphasising its amplitude; the baby …

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