Falakacı Kadın

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Costumes Orientaux
Recueil de costumes et vêtements de l'Empire ottoman au 18e siècle
Collection of costumes and clothing of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century
Owned by Joseph Gabriel Monnier

Falakagi Kadun, femme chargée de châtier les autres femmes du sérail
woman in charge of chastising the other women of the seraglio

the woman who punished wrongdoers in the Harem by beating them on the soles of their feet