PhotographAA-0317

Mountain man filling his pipe, possibly Assyrian

Place: Iraq
Date: 1920s

An older bearded man in a tall felt cap and striped robe stands filling a pipe in the mountains. The archive describes him as possibly Assyrian; the photo dates from Bell's years in Iraq, 1920–1926.

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Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University

Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian · CC BY-SA 4.0 (rights holder: "No known copyright restrictions")

Mountain man filling his pipe, possibly Assyrian

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