Soudani Arab "Fuzzy", Suakin. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of man armed with a spear and shield. The term 'Fuzzy' was a derogatory remark used by the British to describe the Sudanese. Subjects = Africans; arms and armour; ethnic groups; Ramsden Collection; shields; spears Location = Red Sea; Suakin; Sudan
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of the same man seen in Print 117, with his turban removed. Subjects = Africans; ethnic groups; Ramsden Collection; slavery
Typical scene in Suakin town, 1885. (I think, heaps of rough coral, which they always laid out to dry before shaping & using it to build walls of houses.] Photographer: Zangaki
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Genre: Landscape Photography Scene in a bazaar with heaps of coral (?) in the background. Subjects = bazaars; Ramsden Collection Location = Red Sea; Suakin; Sudan