Palm-wine tapper climbing a palm tree, Senegambia
Naked palm-wine tapper climbing a date palm using a rope to collect a gourd full of sap, Senegambia, 18th century. A man gives instruction to the tapper. A negro ascending a palm tree for its wine. 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
Picture No
13135793
Media ID
45784895
Size
3634px x 6296px
(5.0MB)
Credit
Florilegius
Source
Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneu
Pick your License
Description Forged Frederic Geoffroy Item Manners Metalwork Moors Portfolio Sahara Senegambia Shoberl Spade Stipple Tapper Villeneuve Woven
Features In These Collections
> Contributors > FLO
