Négresses faisant le Takie-Takie
"Negro women doing the Takie-Takie" (caption translation). Three enslaved women dressed in every day clothing engaged in conversation in Takie-Takie, which Benoit referred to as a language and is likely Sranan. This language combines grammatical elements of English, West African and indigenous American languages with vocabulary elements mainly of English and Dutch origin. Pierre Jacques Benoit (1782-1854) was a Belgian artist, who visited the Dutch colony of Suriname on his own initiative for several months in 1831. He stayed in Paramaribo, but visited plantations, maroon communities and indigenous villages inland.
Image Title
Négresses faisant le Takie-Takie
RegID
SI-OB-944
Date
1831
Title
Négresses faisant le Takie-Takie
Source
"Figure 35" in Pierre Jacques Benoit, Voyage à Surinam; description des possessions néerlandaises dans la Guyane (Bruxelles: Société des Beaux-Arts de Wasme et Laurent, 1839).
Language
French
Item sets
Music, Dance & Recreational Activities
Spatial Coverage
South America--Suriname--Paramaribo
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
3-May-12; 3-Sep-19
Identifier
BEN17b