Mandinka man, 18th century

Mandinka man in cap, shawl, skirt and sandals, with amulets and beads, 18th century. From the town of Barra in Gambia. A Mandingo. Negre Manding. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuve's l'Afrique, Paris, 1814. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821

Chasse Crocodile Description Frederic Geoffroy Hide Mandingo Mandinka Manners Method Moors Negro Sahara Senegal Shoberl Stab Stipple Throat Thrust Villeneuve

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