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Image Not Available for Snake charmer in Danané near the Libyan border.
Snake charmer in Danané near the Libyan border.
Image Not Available for Snake charmer in Danané near the Libyan border.

Snake charmer in Danané near the Libyan border.

Creator Paul Wirtz
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 18.1 x 24.5 cm (7 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
Object number2002/1435
LocationNot currently on display

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Paul Wirtz
1930s
Photograph
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Paul Wirtz
1930s
Photograph
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Paul Wirtz
March 3, 1933
Photograph
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The key hole in the lock is such that one must put in their whole arm, as the key itself is the length of an arm.
Paul Wirtz
March 3, 1933
Photograph
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Paul Wirtz
1930s
Photograph
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Paul Wirtz
1930s
Photograph
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Paul Wirtz
1930s
Photograph
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Paul Wirtz
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Image Not Available for A view of the imposing bare mountains in the background of the city of Kassala in northeastern Sudan.
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Paul Wirtz
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Garité plant butter is exported from the Ivory Coast. The plant is melted and the fat is put in paraffin pots. This serves for the production of face and body ointments.
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Paul Wirtz
1930s
Photograph
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Paul Wirtz
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Cotton is coloured in large pots.
Cotton is coloured in large pots.
Paul Wirtz
1930s
Photograph
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