Assyrian youth seated at Challik

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Assyrian youth seated at Challik

Place
Berwar · today Iraq
Date
1951

A youth in a white felt cap and striped robe tied with a patterned sash sits in profile on a hillside at Challik (Chalki), Barwar. Photographed by Wilfred Thesiger in the summer of 1951; the post groups this series as "the boys from Challik village".

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Source

Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Wilfred Thesiger collection, 2004.130.32138.1

Wilfred Patrick Thesiger · Screen-quality images may be used for personal and educational purposes with credit to the Pitt Rivers Museum; publication requires a licence (PRM Photographic Services).