A young North African woman, posing naked holding a tambourine, against a plain background in a photographic studio.

Date:
[1900]
Reference:
548608i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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About this work

Description

The woman wears a head covering and anklets on both ankles. She also wears a layered necklace.

Publication/Creation

Cairo : G. Lekegian & Co, [1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 548608i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.

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