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"Fahrender Sänger in Aira. Als Kopfschmuck trägt er das Fell vom Goresaaffen." ("Itinerant singer in Ayra. As headgear he wears the fur of a Goresa monkey.") Photograph of an Ethiopian itinerant musician with a one-stringed instrument. Separate note reading: "Seine Lieder begleitet er auf seiner vor ihm hängenden Geige. Sie besteht aus einem quadratischen Holzrahmen, der mit dünnem Leder bespannt ist. Die Geige hat nur eine Saite aus Schafdarm. D[e]r Bogen ist von Rosshaar" ("He accompanies his songs on the violin that hangs in front of him. It consists of a square wooden frame that is covered with thin leather. The violin has only one string made of sheep's gut"). Cf. pictures nos. ELM/AE/Fotos - 916, 918.
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1 photograph: b&w 10.5 x 7.5 cm. photographs photographic prints
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