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A Nestorian (Assyrian) girl with her ornaments, 1843 lithograph

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A Nestorian (Assyrian) girl with her ornaments, 1843 lithograph

Place: Urmia · today Iran
Date: 1843

Illustration Persia

Hand-coloured lithograph of a young Nestorian woman in a blue coat, red skirt and green trousers, with coin ornaments on her head and chest.

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Source

Perkins, A Residence of Eight Years in Persia (1843), via Internet Archive

Thayer & Co., lithographers, Boston · Published 1843 in Andover; public domain.

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