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Unidentified photographer
Young Prostitute of the Bab-el-Oued, Algeria
1870 (ca)
Albumen print
7.75 in (19.68 cm) x 6 in (15.24 cm)
Antiq-Photo
Courtesy of Anthony Davis (3eg768)
LL/14998
Young Prostitute of the Bab-el-Oued, Algeria. Young women of the tribe were allowed to be prostitutes until they married. The money made from this profession forms her dowry. In this image she is dressed in her finery and wearing her wealth around her neck.
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