A group of women are carrying baskets of wood on their heads.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description in French and English. The French description: "La femme bédouine n'est pas, comme sa compagne d'Europe, l'égale de son mari. Chargée des travaux les plus pénibles, elle se regarde comme la servante de l'homme qui l'épouse et considère celui-ci comme son seigneur et maître. Un moulin à bras, une outre, une marmite, une natte, une métier à tisser, une pipe, un tambourin formé d'une vase de terre cuite sans fond et recouvert d'un côté par une peau, les armes du mari, tel est le mobilier du ménage bédouin." The English translation: "The Bedouin woman is not the equal of her husband like her Europeam[sic] sister. She has all the heaviest work to do, and considers herself the servant of the man who marries her while she looks up to him as her lord and master. A hand-mill, a leathern bottle, a sauce-pan, a mat, a loom, a pipe, a tambourine formed of an earthen dish covered on one side with a skin, the husband's weapons, such is the furniture of a Bedouin household." The initials "B+P SC" are printed in the lower right corner.; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good
Collection:
Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)
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