Item 065 - Belly dancer

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MT NAM MEM-0015AW-02-065

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Belly dancer

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  • 1959 (Creation)

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1 digital surrogate of photograph on paper

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A belly dancer at a social occasion in Casablanca, Morocco, looking at the camera and smiling mid-dance, with a man sitting to her right holding a small drum. Young sailors look on. The photo was taken during Arthur Wait's shore leave in Casablanca while serving on HMS Daring.

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      Technical Identification (original/physical copy): B&W; positive; paper print. Photographic Type: Gelatin silver print. Size and dimensions of the digital surrogate image: TIFF: 15.4 MB (16,216,268 bytes); JPEG: 3.14 MB (3,296,024 bytes); 2280 x 2368 pixels; 24 bit depth; Resolution: 600 DPI

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      Original found at Arthur Wait

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      Internal relationship: Related to Arthur Wait interview, ephemera and correspondence

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      The digital copy was created on 07/03/2018. Reproduction: scanning, Capture software: Canon 9000F Mark II

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      Photographer: n/a; Location: Casablanca, Marocco

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      General Keywords: World War II, Second World War, Grandparents, Sailors, Malta (Senglea; Cottonera; Birzebbuga; Pretty Bay), The Royal Navy, Maltese sailors, British sailors, Withdrawal crisis, Languages, Retirement in Malta, De La Salle College, HMS Ausonia, HMS Belfast, Strait Street, Dom Mintoff, Lord Carrington

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Date of cataloguing: 12/09/2018

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