photographic print
- Museum number
- Af,B23.12
- Description
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Posed, frontal, full-length portrait of Algerian adult female. Wearing dress of draped [?] cloth, belt, patterned waist-coat, embroidered pointed hat with veil attached, silver [?] wrist-ornaments and neck-ornament. Female standing on fur rug in doorway, holding back curtain.
Albumen print.
Format: Mounted on card.
- Production date
- 1850-1900 (?)
- Dimensions
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Length: 24.30 centimetres
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Width: 19.10 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Stiff belt is a city style. Hat embroidered with gold or coloured threads, veil attached. Coins and horn shapes on necklace. J M Hudson, 1/2/1997.
Circumstances: One of a series of portraits, including parts of Af,B23.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1850-1970
- Acquisition notes
- Copyright: British Museum.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,B23.12