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Assyrian man in national costume at Tel Tamer, 1938

Place: Tel Tamer · today Syria
Date: 1938

A man in a feathered felt cap and the patterned Assyrian "national costume" of fine goat-hair weaving steps out of a mud-brick doorway at Tel Tamer on the Khabur, 21 July 1938.

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Library of Congress, Visual materials from the papers of John D. Whiting

Whiting, John D. (John David), 1882-1951 · No known restrictions on publication.

Assyrian man in national costume at Tel Tamer, 1938

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