She obviously holds great importance as a slave, as she is being paraded with greater fineness, than what is otherwise seen in this barren street, but has not yet resigned to her new role. She assumingly comes from a proud background, seeing the level of prestige being attached to her bound naked body. Being just recently enslaved, she is still used to the level of autonomy she once had, and did not imagine that she could be displayed as an object of someone else's status, or be ferried and transported by someone else's will.
I like to imagine that she is either the daughter of a conquered enemy, or princess of a defeated crown. She has either just been captured, and is being presented by the victorious army, to their king or sultan, or the king or sultan has already been introduced to his new prize, now is now parading the daughter of his former enemy before his subjects, as a symbol of his victory over his defeated foe.
She has been raised as a person of great importance, which makes her ordeal as an objectified slave, all the more humiliating for her. Maybe women don't hold any real power in her kingdom, so she is just the collateral of a war she has no control over.
She could also be a warrior, who led armies against the king or sultan. Disarmed, and stripped of her armor, her soft naked body shows no semblance of her previous legacy, as she is being inducted into her new life.
Before I was into the idea of slavery, my main fetish has been bondage, and forced exhibition, and this picture takes me back to that. I wish I knew what the context to it is.
This slave has grown accustomed to the basic comforts, provided to her by her life in the harem, and is seen here performing her menial duties with pride and joy. Never allowed any clothing, she has accepted her role as a naked body to provide pleasure and a subject of admiration. The responsibility of having to cover her body, and the shame that nudity would have caused her as a free person, is now beyond her.
The picture is ruined partially by the implication that this slave is ever allowed to wear panties. The whole appeal of wearing something like this is the knowledge that she is completely naked underneath, and there is only a thin separation between that and what she is wearing. But i guess they serve as a form of ankle binding in place of the chains to match the ones on her wrist.
If she was to be chained by the ankles, they should be loose enough, as to not restrict her movement, as she is an obedient slave who is accepting of her status, and she has important duties to attend do, but there presence will serve as a symbol of her ongoing role as a slave.
I really like this picture. I wish I could figure out a context for it.
The slave in the background is obviously the one better off in this picture. She is not the one being punished, and the open defiance in her body language shows that she still allowed some expression on the situation. Maybe she even has power over the brown slave, and it is at her behest that she is having her whipped. But even despite this, she is still herself a slave, as shown by her collar, and is still forbidden from wearing clothes that will deter away from her through purpose.
In my scenario, this is the most a slave will ever be allowed to wear. Basic decency will prevent her from going completely nude, but allowing her any more clothing than this will be improper for a slave girl.
This is a cruder render, but it depicts a slave girl, perfectly content with her role. She bears what ever modesty her master allows her with pride. Once a proud, elegant woman, she now appreciates that her master allowes her any clothing at all, and that she is even allowed footwear. She accepts that she is sometimes chained up like this, as she only the property of her master.