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Two Nestorian (Assyrian) ladies of the patriarch's household, 1876

Place: Qudshanis · today Türkiye
Date: 1876

Engraving after a photograph of two women of the patriarchal household at Kochanes in mountain dress, with long veils, jewelled belts and wide robes; Cutts says it was hard to persuade them to sit for the camera.

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Cutts, Christians under the Crescent in Asia (1877), via Internet Archive

Edward Lewes Cutts (author); wood engraving from a photograph · Public domain (published 1877).

Two Nestorian (Assyrian) ladies of the patriarch's household, 1876

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