Noble Tuareg warrior of Agadez, Niger, in tagelmust (turban and veil), taktkat (shirt) and akarbey (pants). He carries a spear, tellak (dagger) and takouba (sword). Guerrier de Tuarick. Copied from an illustration of a Tuarick of Aghades in George Francis Lyons Narrative of Travels in North Africa, 1821. Handcoloured woodcut after an illustration by George Francis Lyon from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.
Noble Tuareg warrior of Agadez, Niger, in tagelmust (turban and veil), taktkat (shirt) and akarbey (pants). He carries a spear, tellak (dagger) and takouba (sword). Guerrier de Tuarick. Copied from an illustration of a Tuarick of Aghades in George Francis Lyons Narrative of Travels in North Africa, 1821. Handcoloured woodcut after an illustration by George Francis Lyon from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.