Female Soldiers (Amazons), Dahomey, 1891
Shows two women in full regalia, with rifles. In Dahomey, these female soldiers were known as ahosi; the name Amazon was a European construction.
Image Title
Female Soldiers (Amazons), Dahomey, 1891
RegID
SI-OB-647
Date
1891
Title
Female Soldiers (Amazons), Dahomey, 1891
Source
E. Chaudoin, Trois mois de captivité au Dahomey (Paris, 1891), p. 327
Language
French
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Western Bight
Reproduced In
E. Chaudoin, Trois mois de captivité au Dahomey (Paris, 1891), p. 327
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
Norman14