PhotographAA-0267

An Assyrian priest in a peaked cap and rishiki shoes

Date: 20th century

An elderly bearded Assyrian priest sitting cross-legged on the grass in a peaked cap. The caption points out his home-made shoes (rishikis).

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Wigram, The Assyrians and Their Neighbours (1929), via Internet Archive

W. A. Wigram (author); photographers not named · Published 1929 in London (G. Bell & Sons); public domain in the United States (published before 1930).

An Assyrian priest in a peaked cap and rishiki shoes

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