Female Clothing, Angola, 1786-87
Caption, Princesse nèe de Malembe. Women, the author writes, cover themselves with a large quantity of . . . a sort of glass bead of different colors than Europeans wear. They cover their neck with a small neck scarf, as can be seen in the engraving, and like the men they are very fond of red coral (pp. 74-75; our translation). Author was a French Naval officer who was mainly in the Angola region; engravings in his book were made from drawings done from his own observations in 1786-87.
Image Title
Female Clothing, Angola, 1786-87
RegID
SI-OB-607
Date
1786-1787
Title
Female Clothing, Angola, 1786-87
Source
Louis de Grandpre, Voyage a la cote occidentale d'Afrique, fait dans les annèes 1786 et 1787 (Paris, 1801), vol. 1, facing p. 75. (Copy in Library Company of Philadelphia)
Language
French
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--West Central North
Reproduced In
Louis de Grandpre, Voyage a la cote occidentale d'Afrique, fait dans les annèes 1786 et 1787 (Paris, 1801), vol. 1, facing p. 75.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
LCP-08