COLLECTION NAME:
Costume History
Record
Work Record ID:
14165
Work Type:
prints (visual works)
Title:
A Nestorian Mother & Her Little Girl
Title Alternative:
A Nestorian Mother and Little Girl
Measurements:
23.2 cm x 14.4 cm
Material:
paper
Material:
ink
Material:
pigment
Technique:
lithography
Cultural Context:
Persian (culture)
Date Original:
1843
Location:
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Repository:
Western Michigan University, Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Call number:
DS 258 .P4 1843
Style Period:
Qajar
Subject-LCNA:
Perkins, Justin 1805-1869
Subject-LCSH:
Clothing and dress--Iran
Subject-LCSH:
Mothers and daughters
Subject-LCSH:
Nestorians--Iran
Subject-AAT:
jackets
Subject-AAT:
cloaks
Subject-AAT:
tunics
Subject-AAT:
kerchiefs
Subject-AAT:
trousers
Subject-TGM:
Mothers
Subject-TGN:
Iran (nation)
Subject-Keywords:
mothers, children, cloaks
Description:
P. 336-337 "The scene is as grateful as it is novel, in benighted Persia, to behold Nestorian mothers leading their little girls to school, and often lingering, a half hour, with delightful interest, to hear them read. Notwithstanding their hard lots, - their not being allowed to eat with the men-their laboring in the fields- their ignorance and general degradation, Nestorian females still possess some very interesting traits of character. I have never seen mothers more affectionately attached to their children than among this people." This mother is wearing a plaid cloak around her upper body and a plain kerchief on her head. The cloak is worn over a full, wide tunic and trousers. Her little girl is wearing a full length tunic and a long jacket.
Image Source:
Perkins, Justin. A Residence of Eight Years in Persia, Among the Nestorian Christians: with Notices of the Muhammedans. Andover, MA: Allen, Morrill & Wardwell, 1843.
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Special Collections, Western Michigan University.
Image Type:
digital images
Image Format:
image/tiff; image/jp2
Image Measurements:
88,613,271 bytes
View Description:
general views
Digital Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Collection Title:
Costume History Collection
Image Access:
For use of digital image, contact Special Collections, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 49008
Image Identifier:
EXWS_Cos_Per_018
A Nestorian Mother & Her Little Girl
