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Young unmarried Hausa woman of Kano, North West Nigeria

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FLO6339076
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Young unmarried Hausa woman of Kano, North West Nigeria
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Belgian School, (19th century) / Belgian
Medium
woodcut
Date
1845 AD (C19th AD)
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Young unmarried Hausa woman of Kano, North West Nigeria. Before marriage, young women wear a blue and white striped apron tied with red wool bands. She wears a glass necklace and earrings. Both men and women rouge their teeth and lips with tobacco (or goerjie) and dye their arms and legs blue. Jeune fille de Kano (Haoussa oriental). Handcoloured woodcut by T.S. 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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19th century / weapon / colour / woman / engraving / youth / urn / Young Hausa woman / kano / Kanou / North West Nigeria / single / unmarried / Spinster / marriage / striped apron / wool bands / glass necklace / earrings / rouge / teeth / lips / tobacco / goerjie / arms / legs / blue / Jeune fille de Kano / Haoussa oriental / handcoloured / woodcut / woodblock engraving / auguste wahlen / moeurs / Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde / manners / Customs and Costumes of all the Peoples of the World / 1845 / pseudonym / Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer / archivist / costume / fashion / tribe / nation / people / lifestyle / race / Travel

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