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Woman condemned to die of starvation for the crime of adultery, Mongolia, 1913 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Apparently there is little proof that she was in the box for adultery, or condemned to die at all.

More likely she was being transported.

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mongolian_woman_condemned_to_die_of_starvation.jpg

https://www.famouspictures.org/woman-in-a-box/

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/mongolian-woman-imprisoned-1913/