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Tower of Skulls Church

Original photograph taken by Charles Barker Howdill (1863–1941)

Tower of Skulls Church, Nis. Left: Soldier looking at icon. Caption on back: ‘Cross versus Crescent. A Serb soldier awaiting by the skulls of his ancestor and an Eikon to avenge the blood of his pashers, when the time comes. The time has come so the Serbs think’. Interior view with solider standing by small table on which are skulls, with ikon painting and lamp above. LEEDM.F.1993.0005.0038. Right: Soldier standing before adjoining wall containing skulls. LEEDM.F.1993.0005.0228.