Karaite woman with children. Crimean Karaites are an ethnic group derived from Turkic-speaking followers of Karaism found in in Eastern Europe. Karaism is a denomination of judaism. Demidov notes that on a visit to the home of the rabbi of Chufut Kale, the "favorite wife blushed agreeably at the entrance of the foreigners" and he was "fascinated by the woman's elegant attire," which he describes in the following detail: "A striped silk dress outlined a well-proportioned figure which no foreign artifice had ever deformed. A wide belt hung on her hips and closed in the front through an ornate clasp composed of finely worked silver plates. A turban perched on her beautiful braids, and a necklace of stones, gold, a slight silk tie, and a yellow satin embroidered black caftan completed this picturesque toilet."
18 August 1837
