Femme Abou-Kaya de Makraka (Equateur)
Date1892
MediumPhotograph on paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 3/4 x 8 3/16 in. (27.3 x 20.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (33.7 x 26.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (33.7 x 26.7 cm)
InscribedLower edge, on paper below image: "A woman from the Soudan [sic] who came to Cairo, the bride of an Egyptian soilder. / Being almost entirely without clothing, according to the custom of her country, the above / was harshly improvised, in order that she might appear before the civilized Cai- [page torn] / The scars show that she had been a slave."
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number0.2844
Not on view
1892
