An Armenian woman in a traditional headdress

The photograph shows an elderly Armenian woman. She wears a dark headscarf, an ornament of coins across her forehead and an earring. The lower part of her face is covered with a dark cloth, and she holds her hand to her face. She wears a patterned dark green outer garment and a red dress.

The headscarf and forehead ornaments preserve traditions passed down from generation to generation not through books but through life. This portrait presents the image of the Armenian woman as the pillar of the family, the keeper of culture and a silent witness of history.