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Bosnia Guslar Musician Traditional Dress Sarajevo Studnicka Postcard c1905
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Bosnia Guslar Musician Traditional Dress Sarajevo Studnicka Postcard c1905

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Chromolithograph postcard depicting a Bosnian guslar — an elderly man in traditional Balkan dress (red turban, embroidered red jacket, grey baggy trousers) seated cross-legged on a rug, playing a gusle, the ancient one-stringed Balkan fiddle central to oral epic poetry. A coffee service with džezva and cups is set beside him on a tray. Published by J. Studnička & Co., Sarajevo, in collaboration with Graph. Kunstanstalt M. Schulz, Prag; Photochrom Prague — no. 1001. Trilingual back title: "Guslar. Guslar. Гуслар." Unposted and unwritten.
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PC-01725 · J. Studnička & Co., Sarajevo — Graph. Kunstanstalt M. Schulz, Prag — Photochrom Prague — No. 1001
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