Click on the image to open a larger version in a new window.
|
If you are interested in using this image, please consult Acknowledging the Website.
This record was last updated on 09 Aug 2010
|
Image Reference
2-298
Source
Thomas Astley (ed.), A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels (London, 1745-47), vol. 2, plate xlv, facing p. 298; taken from Jean Baptiste Labat, Nouvelle Relation de l'Afrique Occidentale (Paris, 1728), vol. 2, facing p. 280. (Copy in Special Collections, University of Virginia Library)
Comments
Shows procession, including spear-bearing warriors, musicians with drums; also house types. "All the Mohammedan Negroes strictly practice circumcision," a ceremony performed around age of 14 or 15 (see Astley, pp. 298-99 for detailed description).
|
