Model figure of a (possibly) Gwich'in man, made of carton-pierre, one of a collection illustrating national costumes of the Russian Empire for the Paris Exhibition, 1867: Russian, St Petersburg, by I.M. Heiser, c. 1867

Small carton-pierre figure of a Circassian from Caucasian Province, one of a collection illustrating national costumes of the Russian Empire: Russian, St Petersburg, by I.M. Heiser

Model figure of a Dena'ina woman, made of carton-pierre, one of a collection illustrating national costumes of the Russian Empire for the Paris Exhibition, 1867: Russian, St Petersburg, by I.M. Heiser, c. 1867

Model figure of a Dena'ina man, made of carton-pierre, one of a collection illustrating national costumes of the Russian Empire for the Paris Exhibition, 1867: Russian, St Petersburg, by I.M. Heiser, c. 1867

Small carton-pierre figure of a Yakut of the Lena, Eastern Siberia, one of a collection illustrating national costumes of the Russian Empire: Russian, St Petersburg, by I.M. Heiser

Small carton-pierre figure of a Yakut woman, Yakutsk, Eastern Siberia, one of a collection illustrating national costumes of the Russian Empire: Russian, St Petersburg, by I.M. Heiser

Small carton-pierre figure of a Yakut, Yakutsk, Eastern Siberia, one of a collection illustrating national costumes of the Russian Empire: Russian, St Petersburg, by I.M. Heiser

Small carton-pierre figure of a Yakut woman of the Lena, Eastern Siberia, one of a collection illustrating national costumes of the Russian Empire: Russian, St Petersburg, by I.M. Heiser