ERITREA - ALESSANDRO COMINI (act. 1900-1920) - Lot 134

ERITREA - ALESSANDRO COMINI (act. 1900-1920) Set of photographs of Eritrea taken during the Italian occupation, ca.1920. Photographs. 30 vintage silver prints, titled and credited in the negative below the image. Beni Amer type; Uacait: goats, Rora Massal: Osman Hedad, Beninfer, Halai and Cheribozzo: the governor receives the natives, Mai Farò villagers, different types of riders from the colony, prayer during Ramadan, men at rest in Rora Massal, ostriches, village and mountains in Cassala, lively view of Tanlabu, Rora Laba camp, villages of Ghinda, Cheren, Agordat: market square, camel regiment in Agordat; Senafé valley, Camangura, Massaua port, mock battle in Magammat, the Digla of Beni Amer on his horse, chief Sceh Saad Selim surrounded by his men, Scimenzama gang leader on horseback, Arab authorities Gaber Ghirghis, women dancing in Anaghit, governor's palace in Asmara. Images: 16.8 x 23.3 cm to 25.3 x 20.7 cm