348 - Africa

Africa Raffenel, Anne Peuples de la Sénégambie. Collection of 7 (of 11) colored lithographic plates featuring ethnographic depictions from Senegambia. From: Voyage dans l'Afrique occidentale comprenant l'exploration du Sénégal etc. et de la Gambie, exécuté, en 1843 et 1844. Paris, Bertrand, 1846. Size approx. 25.5 x 33.5 cm each. Includes: Woman from the vicinity of St. Louis / Yoloff from the Wallo region. War attire. - Dorviche Moor / White Negro. - Mandinka from Wolli. War attire / Fulani woman from Cantorah (banks of the Gambia). - Fulani woman from the village of Kouar / Fulani man from the same village. War costume. - Samba-Coumba-Diama. Tounka from Galam / Sarracoler-Bakiri. War costume. - Girot from the Bondou region. Ceremonial costume / Griotte from the same region. Everyday costume. - Griot from the Galam region. Tam-tam player / Costume worn by young Black men. During the month preceding the circumcision ceremony. - Raffenel was an explorer and writer. He traveled to the Caribbean, Brazil, the United States, Madagascar, and Senegal, among other places. - Stamped and handwritten number on the reverse. - Mostly stained by fingerprints, pen marks, and water; marginal fading and tears; some corners creased; otherwise generally still in good condition. - Includes: 5 plates with ethnographic motifs from Jacques Arago’s *Promenade autour du monde, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820* (1822), including: King of the Caroline Islands, Battle of Two Cannibals of Ombay, Method of Executing a Convict on the Sandwich Islands, and others. Africa - Collection of 7 (of 11) colored lithographic plates depicting ethnographic scenes from Senegambia. From: Voyage to West Africa, including the exploration of Senegal, etc., and the Gambia, undertaken in 1843 and 1844. - Includes: as listed above. - Stamped and handwritten number on the reverse. - Mostly foxed, with finger and water stains, marginal defects, some corners creased; otherwise still in good condition. - In addition: 5 further plates from Arago’s *Promenade*