Tuareg Gallery

West African Tuareg Horse Warriors

West African Tuareg Warriors, in traditional veiled headdresses, all mounted on fine horse and carrying spears and enormous shields. The Tuareg are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people, known as the People of the Veil'. The wearing of the Alasho veil by Tuareg men originates from the belief that such action wards off evil spirits. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Evening prayer in the Sahara Desert Detail. Painting by Gustave Achille Guillaumet

JLJ4646088 Evening prayer in the Sahara Desert Detail. Painting by Gustave Achille Guillaumet (1840-1887) 1863 Sun. 1,3x2,8 m. Paris, musee d'Orsay - Evening prayer in the Sahara. Detail. Painting by Gustave Achille Guillaumet (1840-1887), 1863. 1.3 x 2.8 m. Orsay Museum, Paris by Guillaumet, Gustave (1840-87); Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: Evening prayer in the Sahara Desert Detail. Painting by Gustave Achille Guillaumet (1840-1887) 1863 Sun. 1,3x2,8 m. Paris, musee d'Orsay - Evening prayer in the Sahara. Detail. Painting by Gustave Achille Guillaumet (1840-1887), 1863. 1.3 x 2.8 m. Orsay Museum, Paris); Photo A© Photo Josse; French, out of copyright

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A Touareg camp, drawing by Lancelot, to illustrate the 1849-1855 journey to the centre of

LSE4324337 A Touareg camp, drawing by Lancelot, to illustrate the 1849-1855 journey to the centre of Africa of Dr. Henri Barth. Engraving in " Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages" Paris, 1860. Selva's collection. by Lancelot, Dieudonne Auguste (1822-94); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Touareg camp, drawing by Lancelot, to illustrate the 1849-1855 journey to the centre of Africa of Dr. Henri Barth. Engraving in " Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages" Paris, 1860. Selva's collection.); Photo A© Leonard de Selva; French, out of copyright

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