Mary Edith Durham and the Albanian chieftain (Photo)

Mary Edith Durham and Albanian chieftain
Mary Edith Durham and Albanian chieftain
"Koplik 1912. This woman is Edit Durham woman is talking to a chieftain in his backyard. The other woman is is probably his daughter. An extraordinary picture in a extraordinary by an extraordinary English who liked extremely the Albanians. This photo comes from the collection of the Albanolog, Robert Elsie ". So writes the Albanian journalist Roland Qafoku in his post.
Mary Edith Durham
Mary Edith Durham was a woman that lived from 1863 to 1944. Was an englishwoman traveler, artist and writer that became famous for her antropologic articles about the live of the Albanians in their land, at the end of the XIX century.

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