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Maker(s):Sébah, Jean Pascal
Culture:Turkish, (1872-1947)
Title:Camel-drawn waterwheel, Egypt
Date Made:late 19th - early 20th century
Type:Photograph
Materials:Albumen print
Place Made:Africa; Asia; Egypt
Measurements:mount: 35.56 cm x 43.18 cm; 14 in x 17 in; image: 8 in x 10 5/8 in; 20.32 cm x 26.9875 cm
Narrative Inscription:  recto lwr. r. [in negative]: No...?; recto lwr. l. [in negative]: La...?
Accession Number:  MH 1995.6.47
Credit Line:Gift of William and Sylvia Durfee
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Black and white image of a camel powered water wheel near a small pond or the bank of a river. A small, unclothed child wades in the water and a white camel pulls the water wheel.

Subjects:
Photography--Printing processes--Albumen

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