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Dance of the Almahs

1864
Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 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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