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TITLE: Obshchesvennyia uveseleniia Sredneaziiattsev. Bieg dievushki [sic] (kyz kachar) TITLE TRANSLATION: Pastimes of Central Asians. Girl's horse race (Girl kidnapping [Turkish])

CALL NUMBER: Illus. in DK854.T87 1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 55, no. 141 (Case Z) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-12198 (digital file from original photo) LC-USZ62-82644 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY: Photograph shows a woman and four men on horseback in front of nomad tent. The woman is holding a whip and is looking back at the men. May be an example of the tradition of capturing or "kidnapping" a bride.

MEDIUM: 1 photographic print : albumen.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1865 and 1872]

NOTES:

Title from item.

"Kyz kacher" translated from Turkish as: Girl kidnapping.

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' étnograficheskaia: ..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 55.

Title from item.

SUBJECTS:

Turkic peoples--Asia, Central--1860-1880. Women--Social life--Asia, Central--1860-1880. Rites & ceremonies--Sports--Asia, Central--1860-1880. Horse racing--Asia, Central--1860-1880.

FORMAT:

Albumen prints 1860-1880.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original photo) ppmsca 12198 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.12198 (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b29299 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b29299

CONTROL #: 2002709927

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