King of the Hausa people, Nigeria
King of the Hausa people. Nigeria. He wears a red bonnet and turban, tunic of broad green and red stripes, red pantalons and Arab boots. Roi de Boussa (Haoussa). Handcoloured woodcut by from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium
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14017120
Media ID
46698591
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4479px x 6748px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
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Archivist Auguste Wahlen Jean-francois-nicolas Loumyer Manners Moeurs Nigeria Pantalons Pseudonym Woodblock Engraving
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