Print Description
‘Roi de Boussa. Jeune Fille de Kano.’
Handcoloured lithograph, heightened with Arabic gum on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 16,7 x 26,1 cm. (6,6 x 10,3 inch). Image size: 10 x 18 cm. (3,9 x 7,1 inch).
From the Africa/America volume of “Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples de Monde” by Auguste Wahlen. This was published in Paris: Poiree, Pilout, Duterte and Martinon, 1844.
Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Auguste Wahlen’. Author: Auguste Wahlen. Various artists are responsible for the illustrations, most notably Evrard Duverger, L. Markaert and R. King.
Condition: Good, given age. Faintly browned, and with a few stains, esp. in the right margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Keywords: NIGERIA-BOUSSA-KANO-KING-FASHION-COSTUME
PCO-C10-24
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