Fanti Dance, Gold Coast, 1835

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Source
James Edward Alexander, Narrative of a voyage of observation among the colonies of Western Africa . . . in 1835 (London, 1837), vol. 1, facing p. 177. (Courtesy of The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia)

Comments
African men, women, and children dancing to drum accompaniment ; a few people are shown with what appear to be elephant's tusks (ivory).