Village Scene, Senegal, 1850s
Caption: Caravanseri d'un village Negre, shows group of men and women (one is nursing her baby), lounging in a village; clothing styles, jewelry, and other objects of material culture are shown, including pottery, rifle, spear, protective amulets. The two men in the foreground (one with a rifle, the other with a spear) are apprently members of a caravan (caravanseri), although all persons shown may be part of that group.
Image Title
Village Scene, Senegal, 1850s
RegID
SI-OB-582
Date
1850-1860
Title
Village Scene, Senegal, 1850s
Source
Anne Raffenel, Nouveau voyage dans le pays des negres, suivi d'études sur la colonie du Sénégal . . . (Paris, 1856), vol. 1, facing p. 215.
Language
French
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Western Savanna
Reproduced In
Anne Raffenel, Nouveau voyage dans le pays des negres, suivi d'études sur la colonie du Sénégal . . . (Paris, 1856), vol. 1, facing p. 215.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
Raffenel4