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Siwa, main street

Siwa list: Siwa, main street; residential neighbourhood in the eastern part of the Siwa oasis (al-Sabûkha). In the left foreground, a pit for extracting salt clay as building material. At the top right of the picture, a horn attached to the house can clearly be seen, which was used to ward off evil spirits

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Photography
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Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
32/34A

Provenance and sources

when
1893
where
Egypt [Land]
Siwa [Stadt]
who
Burchardt, Hermann - Photographers

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