Gold Coast Men and Women, 17th cent.


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Image Reference
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Source
P.E.H. Hair, Adam Jones, and Robin Law, eds., Barbot on Guinea: The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa 1678-1712 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1992), vol. 2, fig. 44; see vol. 1, p. cxv for details.

Comments
 Shows hairstyles, facial decorations, jewelry. The original drawing is from the 1679 manuscript, located in the British Library (Robin Law, pers. comm.).