Woman Carrying Goods, Bridgetown, Barbados, 1835
Enlargement of section of engraving, showing woman carrying a basket and wooden tray on her head; several other people in background also heading goods, children on left, and a very common form of domestic pottery on left. Clothing styles of period are also apparent. Heading of goods very widespread among New World populations of African origin.
Image Title
Woman Carrying Goods, Bridgetown, Barbados, 1835
RegID
SI-OB-175
Date
1835
Title
Woman Carrying Goods, Bridgetown, Barbados, 1835
Source
[Lt.] John Money Carter, Views in the Island of Barbados, on Stone Drawings taken in . . . 1835 (London, 1836). (Copy in Barbados Museum)
Language
English
Item sets
Marketing & Urban Scenes
Spatial Coverage
Caribbean--Barbados
Reproduced In
[Lt.] John Money Carter, Views in the Island of Barbados, on Stone Drawings taken in . . . 1835 (London, 1836). (Copy in Barbados Museum)
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
NW0019