Costume of an ancient Amazon female warrior

Costume of an ancient Amazon female warrior. She wears a crested helmet, animal skin coat revealing one breast, belted skirt, boots, armed with spear, bow, quiver of arrows, and shield. Ancienne Amazone. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792

1792 Amazons Animal-skin Anthropology Aquatint Arrows Bordeaux Encyclopedia Of Voyages Encyclopedie Des Voyages Enlightenment Ethnography Eurocentric Greek Mythology Imperialism J. Laroque Jacques Grasset De Saint-sauveur Noble Savage Quiver

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