Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . ekkeTurkomans A RICH FAMILY OF KOKAND. mans. These people live in felt-coveredkibitkas, or round tents ; a rich man gener-allv has a tent for himselfand one for each wife. Theinterior of a Turkoman kibitkais hung with native carpets and saddlebags,which give it a very warm and cosy appear-ance ; these carpets are made by Turko-man women during the summer months,and often fetch a very high price. Turkoman women may go where theylike: they are unveiled, and mix freelywith the other sex from their ea
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . ekkeTurkomans A RICH FAMILY OF KOKAND. mans. These people live in felt-coveredkibitkas, or round tents ; a rich man gener-allv has a tent for himselfand one for each wife. Theinterior of a Turkoman kibitkais hung with native carpets and saddlebags,which give it a very warm and cosy appear-ance ; these carpets are made by Turko-man women during the summer months,and often fetch a very high price. Turkoman women may go where theylike: they are unveiled, and mix freelywith the other sex from their earliest are not beautiful, unless descendedfrom Persian slaves, and the purer theirblood the flatter their noses and the highertheir cheekbones. Every Turkoman woman who can affordit wears masses of heavy silver jewellerystudded with agates, while the very poor WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS content themselves with imitations of thereal tiling. Their most striking Turkoman ornament is a heavy silver Jewel lerv breastplate ; their caps are thickly covered with heavy silver buttons 4: M®V. A TurkomanWedding. silver thumb ring, and her hair is weigheddown with amulets. The following description of a weddingat which I was present is taken from mybook on Russian Turkestan : Therewas feasting in all the kibitkas atthe same time; fromwhere I sat I could seebowls of steaming pilaubeing carried past. The bride andher young lady friends had hadtheirs an hour earlier. Six cartswere drawn up outside their is only quite recently that theRussian cart has taken the place ofthe Turkoman camel at these a given signal the girls rushedout of their kibitka and hoppedon to the carts like so manykittens, laughing merrily all the drivers, who were alreadyseated, now- smacked their whips,and the six horses started off at agallop. Another cart drove up to f-- I - _• - - *s?sa*f J9nrj Phototrraf!: hy A. I I WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN ANARBA OR NATIVE CART. sewn on ; thei
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