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LL/112518
A.V. Seletsky
1866
Leah Aronova [European Jew, Mogilev Guberniya]

Salt paper print
Russian Museum of Ethnography
Number: ??? 8764-21531
 
Curatorial description (Accessed: 5 August 2021)

 
The photograph was received from P. P. Muromtsev, Fellow, Society of Natural Science, Anthropology, and Ethnography.
 
Leah Aronova is wearing a dress with an apron, a tied kerchief on her neck, and a “tichel” or “mitpahat” (headscarf or shawl tied in a special way) on her head.
 
According to Jewish tradition, woman's image, tzniut, must reflect modesty and humility: in clothing, thoughts, behavior, and conversation.
 
The main religious commandment related to clothing prescribed to cover the head. Married women tied a large headscarf, tichel, on their head. Apart from the large headscarf, women wore a headband wig on a closely cropped or shaven head.
 
Over their dress or skirt, women put on a long apron, which they also had to wear outdoors.
 
The photograph was displayed at the Russian Ethnographic Exhibition of 1867 in Moscow.
 
LL/112518


 

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