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Lot 128

Collection of Photographs – Bukharan Jews

About 120 photographs documenting the Jews of Bukhara. [Uzbekistan?, ca. second half of the 20th century].
The photographs document the Jews of Bukhara during the Soviet regime: costumes, jewelry, funerals and mourning customs, weddings and bride's attires, circumcision ceremonies, holiday dinners, tableware, musical instruments, studio photographs in traditional and modern attire and more. Some of the photographs are possibly earlier.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.