Woman in national dress. St. Lucia. W. I.

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A picture postcard of an unidentified woman from Saint Lucia in traditional a Creole chemise jupe ensemble. She is featured seated on a bench resting her right arm on the back. She is wearing a white blouse with a dark foulard scarf tucked into her long floral-patterned skirt, or jupe. She wears a multi-layered collier-choux necklace and large earrings with a madras head scarf that has multiple pins attached. The image has a blank space below where [Women in national dress, St. Lucia. W. I.] is printed in red ink. There are four lines of handwriting in Swedish in black ink below. The back of the postcard is covered in print and writing reading [Tack för brefvet [sic, brevet] jag fick i Maj. / Allt folket här på oss ära de svarta. / Många hälsningar till [indecipherable] alla fråm din bror Otto.].

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