RARE 1860S CDV PHOTO JEWISH MERCHANT TANGIER MOROCCO SIGNED CHOUFFLY dissection It's in half of its

It's in half of its original case

I wonder if this is some sort of funeral party

clean and undamaged

This ambrotype has been sealed with an iron backing plate and is in a full case with  matching cover and a repaired spine

so the image is actually raised

RARE 1860S CDV PHOTO JEWISH MERCHANT TANGIER MOROCCO SIGNED CHOUFFLY dissection It's in half of itsOriginal CDV, signed by the photographer, A. Chouffly Dimensions are 4. 25" x 2. 5". Excellent antique condition. From online: "These cartes de visite, nevertheless, are of considerable importance. They not only represent some of the finest ever North African figure studies, but they are remarkably early studies of Moroccan people. The photograph might equally represent the work of one of the first resident photographs in that country. Studios do no