Arab of the plains, Algeria
Arab of the plains or Arab Chief of the desert, Algeria. He wears a keffiyeh, short burnous with hood, and holds a blunderbuss. Arabe de la Plaine, Algerie. Handcoloured woodcut from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium
Picture No
14017115
Media ID
46698576
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4468px x 6792px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
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Algerie Archivist Auguste Wahlen Berber Blunderbuss Burnous Jean-francois-nicolas Loumyer Keffiyeh Manners Moeurs Musket Pseudonym Woodblock Engraving
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