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THE HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COSTUME

ALBERT RACINET

THE CLASSIC WORK OF THE 19TH CENTURY

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19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE CIVILIZATIONS

AFRICA

SOUTHERN AFRICA - SUDAN

Lower Register

3 Senegalese tribesmen and women, from the lands by the River Senegal in Western Sudan. There are a large number of different tribes in Senegal, all with different styles of costume.
    One style, left, is a long tunic worn with talismans around the neck. Next to him is a man wearing a pagne, made of dried leaves. With the man to his right, he is wearing leopard-skin shoulder straps with ammunition pouches attached at the waist.
    The woman to their right wears a yellow turban with a blue and white striped border: headgear of mixed colours is a characteristic of Senegalese costume. Her chemise, worn underneath a carefully draped ferdah, another native garment, has comfortable wide sleeves.
    The man on the far right is wearing the ample sleeves of his tunic rolled up over his shoulders.