Unidentified photographer n.d. Iran: Native Life Details: The bastinado in a school; this is the favorite method of punishment in Persia
Photograph Oriental Institute, University of Chicago Photo Number(s): 001180, Negative Number(s): 024500, Accession Photo Number: 50, Accession Negative Number: 2927
Iran: Native Life Details: The bastinado in a school; this is the favorite method of punishment in Persia; the boys are writing with reed pens, from right to left, on single sheets of paper held in the hands which rest upon the knees; one boy at the left has his pencase on the floor in front of him.
