Women in exotic outfits of fabric and metal, Carthage, 3rd century BC. They wear transparent robes, and headdresses of birds, metallic jewelry, and hold snakes and crocodiles. Based on costumes of Salammbo and Potiphar’s wife. Puis vinrent les tissus et les metaux, Putiphardes et Salamboos. Handcoloured engraving by Gilloy after an illustration by Alfred Grevin from Les Filles d’Eve, Album de travestissements plus ou moins historiques, Typographie Eugene Plon, Paris, 1850.

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