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Reward for bravery among the Mougeare (descendants of Portuguese and Arabs) nomadic people of the Sahara. A sheik uses scissors to cut a tuft of hair from a brave youth in front of men armed with muskets and sabres. Recompense du courage chez les peuples du Sahara. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from A. Antoine de Saint-Gervaiss Album des Peuples, ou Collection de Tableaux, Album of Peoples, or Collection of Paintings, J. Langlume et Peltier, Paris, 1835. Reprinted from Moeurs et coutumes des Peuples, Hocquart, 1811.

Reward for bravery among the Mougeare (descendants of Portuguese and Arabs) nomadic people of the Sahara. A sheik uses scissors to cut a tuft of hair from a brave youth in front of men armed with muskets and sabres. Recompense du courage chez les peuples du Sahara. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from A. Antoine de Saint-Gervaiss Album des Peuples, ou Collection de Tableaux, Album of Peoples, or Collection of Paintings, J. Langlume et Peltier, Paris, 1835. Reprinted from Moeurs et coutumes des Peuples, Hocquart, 1811.
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Reward for bravery among the Mougeare (descendants of Portuguese and Arabs) nomadic people of the Sahara. A sheik uses scissors to cut a tuft of hair from a brave youth in front of men armed with muskets and sabres. Recompense du courage chez les peuples du Sahara. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from A. Antoine de Saint-Gervaiss Album des Peuples, ou Collection de Tableaux, Album of Peoples, or Collection of Paintings, J. Langlume et Peltier, Paris, 1835. Reprinted from Moeurs et coutumes des Peuples, Hocquart, 1811.
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