Houses and Human Executions, Benin, 18th cent.
Caption, Maisons de Benin, avec leurs exécutions et leur maniere de monter a cheval (Houses of Benin, with their executions and their way of mounting a horse). Execution shown in center left , mounting a horse in lower right; men and women onlookers.
Image Title
Houses and Human Executions, Benin, 18th cent.
RegID
SI-OB-591
Title
Houses and Human Executions, Benin, 18th cent.
Source
M. De La Harpe, Abrége de l'histoire générale des voyages (Paris, 1780), vol. 3, facing p. 295. (Copy in Library Company of Philadelphia)
Language
French
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Western Bight--Benin
Reproduced In
M. De La Harpe, Abrége de l'histoire générale des voyages (Paris, 1780), vol. 3, facing p. 295.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
LCP-41