Clothing of Nobles and King's Wives, Whydah (Ouidah), Dahomey, 1720s
Left, male figure, habillement des grands (dress of the nobles); right, female figure, habillement des femmes du roy (dress of the king's wives). The same illustrations are in 1730 Paris edition (vol. 2, between p. 242 and 243).
Image Title
Clothing of Nobles and King's Wives, Whydah (Ouidah), Dahomey, 1720s
RegID
SI-OB-601
Date
1720-1730
Title
Clothing of Nobles and King's Wives, Whydah (Ouidah), Dahomey, 1720s
Source
Jean Baptiste Labat, Voyage du chevalier Des Marchais en Guinèe . . . fait en 1725, 1726, & 1727 (Amsterdam, 1731), vol. 2, facing p. 194. (Copy in Library Company of Philadelphia)
Language
French
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Western Bight--Ouidah
Reproduced In
Jean Baptiste Labat, Voyage du chevalier Des Marchais en Guinèe . . . fait en 1725, 1726, & 1727 (Amsterdam, 1731), vol. 2, facing p. 194.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
LCP-21