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Man, woman and child from the Vallee d'Ossau, French Pyrenees, in traditional regional dress. The woman is carrying a distaff as it was customary for women to spin yarn as they walked. Tinted lithograph from 'Nouvelles Suite de Costumes des Pyrenees' (Paris, c1840).

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Man, woman and child from the Vallee d'Ossau, French Pyrenees, in traditional regional dress. The woman is carrying a distaff as it was customary for women to spin yarn as they walked. Tinted lithograph from 'Nouvelles Suite de Costumes des Pyrenees' (Paris, c1840).