PhotographAA-0709

Assyrian family making pottery, c. 1937

Date

1930s

A potter in a felt cap shapes a large jar on a wheel while a woman sits on the floor of the workshop and a small child sits beside the jar. Credited to H.I. Cozens and published in The Geographical Magazine in April 1937 with an article on the Assyrians; the place is not given (likely Iraq).