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SOMALI HOUSEWIFE OF ADEN SMOKING THE WEED THAT SOOTHES |
PIPERS OF LAHEJ EXECUTING A SERENADE |
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| This is her favourite relaxation in the midst of arduous household duties. With the snake-like tube of the hookah in her mouth, she will smoke awhile and forget domestic troubles. Her necklace and bracelets are composed of amber beads, and the base of the hookah is formed from a coconut shell, inlaid with brass, gold, and silver. Beside it is a "coosa," or native unglazed pottery water-flask | The glorified "penny-whistle" on the right can produce only three notes, and the holes are barely within reach. But the player would be perfectly happy to keep up the performance for several hours, unless forcibly stopped |