1864
Dance of the Almahs
Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la PeñaFrench, 1808 - 1876
Almahs were Egyptian women famed for their suggestive dances. Although Diaz never visited North Africa, he could easily have learned about such women from contemporary travel books or paintings.
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