Image Title:
Chief of the black eunuchs

Note:
"Nubian and Ethiopian eunuchs served for the protection and maintenance of harems, as palace guards and staff, as confidential servants, and as keepers of mosques and tombs." The Africa Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World 

Source:
Courtesy of The New York Public Library. www.nypl.org

Image Source:
NYPL Digital Gallery

Subject:
Eunuchs - Chief - Black

Date:
1714

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-EUN-8

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