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Photograph by Harold F. Weston 



AN OLD WOMAN OF YEZDIKHAST SPINNING YARN (SEE COLOR PLATE X) 



She holds the* primitive spindle steady with her bare feet, turns the wheel with her right 

 hand, and guides the yarn with her left. 



Photograph from Faye Fisher 



A PERSIAN MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN 



In the hammock-bed is a boy. The little girl wears the familiar head covering like her 

 mother. As in Japan, the shoes arc removed upon entering the room and chairs are seldom 

 used. When a foreign visitor arrives, several high cushions are piled together, so the 

 stranger will not have to sit on the floor. 



