Dye pits, Kano, Nigeria

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The dye pits, in which cloth is dyed deep blue indigo, in Kano, Northern Nigeria, 1979.

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Size: 3600px × 5400px
Location: Kano, Nigeria
Photo credit: © Duncan Slater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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