Zhenskiia ukrasheniia i odezhda sredneaziiatok. Kamzol, sietka otkrytaia. (Cheshme-bend)
Summary
Photograph shows front and rear views of two women. The rear view shows the woman's hair plaited in numberous long braids decorated with beads. The front view shows a woman wearing a variety of jewelry.
Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 70.
"Cheshme-bend" translated from Persian as "cover for one's face."
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Date
01/01/1865
Location
Turkmenistan, 38.96972, 59.55628
Source
Library of Congress
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