Shameless and attractive, and as learned in all the arts of love as
Cleopatra, the dancing-girl from the Sahara will perform in the open
street, in the pasha's harem, or in the native café. This dancer
is beginning her career, and is only about thirteen years of age, for
she wears few golden coins
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Being bred from negress captives by nomad Shawia mountaineers, this
Ouled Naïl tribe often produces fine Berber-like offspring, such as
this high-prized beauty, decorated in Berber silver-work, golden coins,
and many rich bracelets.
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