A young woman posing as a belly-dancer in a photographic studio, standing with arms aloft in front of a plain backdrop.

Date:
[1920]
Reference:
548551i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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About this work

Description

The same studio as 548552i, but a different model

Publication/Creation

Cairo : Reiser, [1920]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

La danse du ventre Bears monogram: SIP Lettering printed on verso: Carte postale universelle Egypte

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 548551i

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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