"8 - MISSION D'ABYSSINIE - Petite musulmane en costume de fete." ("Small Moslem woman in a festival costume.") A young girl poses by herself wearing a large belt made of shells and beads as well as a beaded head covering with a diamond shaped ornament that hangs over her forehead. The back of the postcard is blank.
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