Costume of the Gambia. The figure dressed in blue is an Alcade, or Governor of a town, the woman with a parasol is a Senhara, or Mulatto. The figures passing at the back are, a travelling Moor with his bow and quiver, and his wife and child.
S. Bowdich
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