Pubblica comparsa del Re di Benin
"Public Appearence of the King of Benin" (caption translation). This artistic impression shows an Oba from the Bight of Benin region mounted on a horse and surrounded by retainers playing various musical instruments. Giulio Ferrario (1767-1847) never went to African but produced volumes aimed at the "encyclopedic" organization of disparate knowledge as "entertainment" in the exotic and the different. This image appears to be derived from one edition or another of Dapper (e.g., 1668, 1686). See image BO17.
Image Title
Pubblica comparsa del Re di Benin
RegID
SI-OB-1182
Date
Mid-1900s
Title
Pubblica comparsa del Re di Benin
Source
Giulio Ferrario, IL Costume Antico & Moderno . . . . (Milano, 1815-1827), vol. 2, pt. 1, plate 38. Copy in The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Language
Italian
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Western Bight
Reproduced In
Giulio Ferrario, IL Costume Antico & Moderno . . . . (Milano, 1815-1827), vol. 2, pt. 1, plate 38.
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
FER1