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Weaving Connections Across the Western Indian Ocean in the Nineteenth Century
Arab merchant of Zanzibar, dressed in dishdasha, vest, turban, waist sash, c. 1848. Not seen is his hip wrapper (wizar). Lithograph from a daguerreotype by Charles Guillain. Public domain.
