Category: Africa

African costume and culture.

Berbers, Nomadic, Algeria, Tunisia, sahara, costumes, ethnic, fashion,

The majority of the population of the Sahara consists of Berbers. Her clothing is extraordinarily rich. They obtain their silk fabrics through the mediation of the caravans

Sarah Baro Bolcher. An African Princess in Topsfield.

11/27/19

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African, Princess, slave, slavery, opsfield Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

The princess, who gave her name as Sarah Baro Colcher, was given to Captain Dodge who brought her home to his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Dodge Conant, in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.

Musician of the Bateke tribe representing a orchestral group.

9/22/19

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Bateke, tribe, Musician, African orchestra,

From a photograph taken among the Bateke tribe, Central Africa, representing a orchestral group.

The dress of the Arabs. Affluent class. Pictorial work.

7/5/18

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Arabian, costumes, dress, aba, kubiyah, sakal

The name Arab originally was reserved for the nomad tribes east of Palestine and in the Syro-Arabian desert, but today it is generally used for most of the surviving Semitic peoples who, in addition to living in Arabia, are to be found in Mesopotamia, North Africa, the western shores of the Red Sea, and the eastern shores of the Persian Gulf.