Kizil Cave of the Painters & Hellpot Cave, man (500 CE) and woman (300-700 CE) in Hephthalite-style dress, Tocharian region

I'm not sure which cave the woman is from. I saw the image in J. P. Mallory's & Victor Mair's book, The Tarim Mummies. The man is from the Cave of the Painters. Both are wearing clothing that is similar to the Hephthalites (White Huns). The man also wears a Hunnic-style sword with two straps.

*Edit: The woman is apparently a donor from the "Hellpot Cave" (Cave 80). I spent multiple days looking for a real photo, not just an artist's reproduction, but found nothing. The dating varies online from 300 CE - 700 CE. According to the Archaeological Group of Beijing University this cave was one of the earliest and is considered the first stage in the Kizil Caves development, and it is dated to 310 CE (+ or - 80) to 350 CE (+ or - 60) [Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 2 by Marylin Martin Rhie].










Source:

https://books.google.com/books?id=BLuaphht8XwC&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kizil,_mural_in_the_Cave_of_the_Painters,_with_painter_in_caftan_in_the_lower_right_corner,_circa_500_CE.jpg

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Painter_Tutuka_(%22Citrakara_Tutukasya%22)_Cave_of_the_Painters,_Kizil_Caves,_circa_500_CE.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two-straps_suspension_dagger_worn_by_the_standing_painter_in_the_Cave_of_the_Painters,_Kizil_Caves.jpg

https://garystockbridge617.getarchive.net/media/tutuka-the-painter-761f7d

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tutuka_inscription.jpg

http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/VIII-5-B4-a-7/V-1/page/0103.html.en

https://books.google.com/books?id=ogD1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA645#v=onepage&q&f=false

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