Armenian women of the Arghutian-Yerkaynabazuk family, Tiflis

Armenian women of the princely Arghutian-Yerkaynabazuk (Argutinsky-Dolgoruky) family. Tiflis, 19th century.

The photograph is a postcard captioned in English: “No. 191. The Caucasian Series. Two daughters of the Princess Argutin-Dolgoruki”. The young women wear national costume with decorated headdresses, multi-strand necklaces, bracelets and belts. The woman on the left holds a frame drum; the one on the right wears a skirt with a floral pattern.