The Cynocephal: The Performing Dog-Faced Baboon.

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Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947
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Abstract
A man holding a baboon on a leash. Black-and-white photograph.
Description
Caption: "The Cynocephal, The performing dog-faced baboon in the trousers made for him by the American lady missionary. This is the animal which occurs in all the pictures of the Judgment of Osiris. It is standing in the Street of the Camel."
Citation
Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947. "The Cynocephal: The Performing Dog-Faced Baboon.." (1911) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/10312.
Keyword
City & town life--Egypt--Cairo; Daily Life & Customs
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Rice University
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Forms part of the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA)
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Research module: Places in Egypt, https://hdl.handle.net/1911/109669
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From: Sladen, Douglas. "Oriental Cairo: the city of the 'Arabian Nights'". J.B. Lippincott Company: Philadelphia and Hurst & Blackett, Ltd.: London, 1911. p 48.
Find the complete text of the book in which this image appears at http://hdl.handle.net/1911/9189
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https://hdl.handle.net/1911/10312
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