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Young priestess or Beta, enfans de Dieu, of the python cult or Dangbe, Kingdom of Whydah, Slave Coast, Africa (now Benin). Yoruba woman in veil, gown with sash belt, standing next to a snake. Jeune Pretresse de Juida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.
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Young priestess or Beta, enfans de Dieu, of the python cult or Dangbe, Kingdom of Whydah, Slave Coast, Africa (now Benin). Yoruba woman in veil, gown with sash belt, standing next to a snake. Jeune Pretresse de Juida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.
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Image size:
4791 x 7229 px | 99.1 MB
Print size:
40.6 x 61.2 cm | 16.0 x 24.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1792 • AFRICA • AFRICAN • ANIMAL: SNAKE • ANTHROPOLOGY • AQUATINT • AQUATINT, ETCHING • BEAUTY • BÉNIN • BETA • BORDEAUX • COLONIALISM • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • COSTUME • COVER (CLOTHES) • DAHOMEY • DANGBE • DANH-GBI • DESIGN • DISGUISE • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOYAGES • ENCYCLOPEDIE DES VOYAGES • ENFANS DE DIEU • ENLIGHTENMENT • ETCHED ENGRAVING • ETCHING • ETHNOGRAPHY • EUROCENTRIC • FANTASY • FASHION • FRANCE • GOWN • HANDCOLOURED • HEATHEN • HUMANS • IMPERIALISM • J. LAROQUE • JACQUES GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR • JEUNE PRETRESSE DE JUIDA • KINGDOM OF WHYDAH • MASQUERADE • MODA • NOBLE SAVAGE • OUIDAH • PAGAN • PAGANO • PEOPLE • PYTHON CULT • RACISM • REPTILE: SNAKE • SASH BELT • SERPENT CULT • SLAVE COAST • SLAVE TRADE • SLAVERY • SNAKE SNAKE • SNAKE • SNAKES • VEIL (CLOTHING) • VEIL • YORUBA WOMAN • YOUNG PRIESTESS
