Abu Zayd al-Hilali - Egypt

A tattooing pattern depicting Arab hero Abu Zayd al-Hilali (right) chopping off the head of Hegazi ibn Rafe' (left). The inscription at the bottom indicates that the pattern was printed in 1326 H (1908 in the Gregorian calendar) in Cairo's Darb al-Ahmar district under the auspices of Muhammad Muhammad Abu Taleb. The original uploader of this image on Flickr stated that it came from the Cairo Anthropological Museum. However, there is no such museum in Cairo. The uploader most likely intended to refer to the Ethnological Museum, which is affiliated with the Egyptian Geographic Society.Cairo Anthropological Museum (RIECx2801 123 CAM) SVI270107 web