Nineteenth-Century Images of Life Among the Asante and Other West Africans
Owning Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Digital Scholarship Services
About this Collection
Engravings of ordinary people and everyday objects from the Gulf of Guinea Coast during the nineteenth century. These include Fante, Ouidah, and Asante people, as well as a stool, cushion, various hats, a fetish place, and a Dutch plantation. There is also an eighteenth century map of the region.View our statement on digital primary resources and historical description.
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