Noble Tuareg warrior of Agadez, Niger
Noble Tuareg warrior of Agadez, Niger, in tagelmust (turban and veil), taktkat (shirt) and akarbey (pants). He carries a spear, tellak (dagger) and takouba (sword). Guerrier de Tuarick. Copied from an illustration of a Tuarick of Aghades in George Francis Lyon's Narrative of Travels in North Africa, 1821. Handcoloured woodcut after an illustration by George Francis Lyon 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
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Archivist Auguste Wahlen Jean-francois-nicolas Loumyer Manners Moeurs Niger Nomad Pseudonym Touareg Twareg Woodblock Engraving
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