An Armenian Woman from Shamakhi

An Armenian woman from Shamakhi. Archival photograph, 19th century.

The photograph is printed on a postcard; at the top, in Russian and French, it reads «Caucasian Types, No. 37» and «Armenian woman from Shamakhi». The young woman is shown in profile, wearing a veil and a headband decorated with coins, with necklaces of strung coins on her chest. At the bottom are handwritten lines in French.