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TITLE OF WORK: Working party at Argore: War-dance of the Afgan coolies

TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut

DATE: 1863

DIMENSIONS: 15 x 23.7 cm

COMMENTS: Working party of the Mekran telegraph department at Argore, or the line to England via the Persian Gulf and Bagdad, in Asia Minor. In the foreground the Pathan or Afghan coolies are engaged in their w

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Afghanistan, Argore, Huddee

DANCE FORM: traditional, war

KEYWORDS: weapon