Abyssinian chief Woodaje Asahel wearing head ornament worn after the victory of the Kasmatis and an Abyssinian lady of quality. Copperplate engraving from James Bruce's "Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773," London, 1790. James Bruce (1730-1794) was a Scottish explorer and travel writer who spent more than 12 years in North Africa and Ethiopia. Engraved by James Heath after an original drawing by Bruce.

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