Français : Mauresse Dowiche . Planche n° XVI de Esquisses sénégalaises de l'abbé Boilat, 1853. « C’est le portrait d’une Maurese de la tribu des Dowiches. Elle est assise sur le sable où elle termine son salam. La bâtisse que l’on aperçoit dans le lointain est le fort français de Sénoudébou, sur les rives de la Falémée, au pays des Toucoulaures.»
English: Mauresse Dowiche. Plate no. XVI of Senegalese sketches by Abbé Boilat, 1853. «It is the portrait of a Maurese from the Dowiches tribe. She sits on the sand where she ends her salam. The building that can be seen in the distance is the French fort of Sénoudébou, on the banks of the Falémée, in the country of the Toucoulaures.»
Deutsch: Mauresse Dowich. Platte XVI der „Senegalesischen Skizzen“ von Abbé Boilat, 1853. „Es ist das Porträt eines Mauresen aus dem Stamm der Dowiches. Sie sitzt auf dem Sand, wo sie ihren Salam beendet. Das Gebäude, das in der Ferne zu sehen ist, ist das französische Fort Sénoudébou am Ufer der Falémée im Land der Toucolaures.“
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