Armenian women from the early XX century

The photo is typical for Armenian women from the early 20th century. In the photo, a family from Khachik village is depicted. Khachik village is situated in Vayots Tzor province in the Republic of Armenia. The author of the photo is French geologist Pierre Bonnet[1] (1879-1865). It was taken in 1911. 

The photo is downloaded from Tigran Mkrtchyan’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=531953020487894&set=a.223749387974927.1073741827.100010196010959&type=3&theater ).

 

[1] See Pierre Bonnet, Arménie russe : Aventures scientifiques à l’époque des tsars (1909-1914), un géologue français en Transcaucasie, by Françoise Ardillier-Carras and Olivier Balabanian, Limoges, 2012.