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A Tiyari girl spinning

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A Tiyari girl spinning

Place: Tiyari · today Türkiye
Date: 1863

Illustration Portrait

Wood engraving of a girl from Tiyari in a long robe and headcloth, spinning thread with a drop spindle.

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Source

Laurie, Woman and Her Saviour in Persia (1863), via Internet Archive

Laurie, Thomas; engravings after sketches by a missionary · Public domain in the United States (published before 1931)

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