I've been researching the source of the 'Persian costume' as we've always called it. The watercolour was described as "A Gabr woman"; googling tells me that Gabr has come to mean Zoroastrian having gone through various degrees of rudeness about non-Muslims, and Wiki has this photograph of a 20th Century Zoroastrian family:
Another site has this picture of a costume:
And here's mine:
Despite googling I can find absolutely no mention of the Persia edition of the 'Peeps at Many Lands' series of books; it apparently never existed; and I yet I know it did!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
That one is only poor Only if they choose to be
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TROUTY SAYS:
Oh yes. Very similar. Even down to the striped pants so that your bum doesn't look big in it! (not that yours would anyway, Jan.)
Is this any use to you?
http://ia331431.us.archive.org/1/items/ancientegyptiana00housuoft/ancientegyptiana00housuoft.pdf
or this?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cavanders-PEEPS-INTO-MANY-LANDS-1st-Med-Full-Set-/180539239418?pt=UK_Collectables_Cigarette_Tea_GumCards_CA&hash=item2a08fa2bfa
No, that second one's a different series, Mal (Peeps 'into', not Peeps 'at')
The first one's fascinating, and deserves a more detailed study than I've given it so far!
The Turkey edition gets close
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