Description of Africa: The Court of the King of Loango, page 330

The Court of the King of Loango, page 330 ; The king is seated on a stepped and raised platform covered with a textile decorated with geometric patterns. Another textile is suspended on a frame from a pole behind the nobleman. An orchestra of drummers and of trumpeters can be seen over a fence. The aristocrat wears the skin of leopards, symbolic of noble status. A man bows before him presenting bracelets, pelts of leopards, and ivory tusks.

Verfasser: Olfert Dapper",Unknown
Dokumenttyp: Image
Schlagwörter: Print / Publication / 17th century / Dutch / gold coast of Africa / artist's views / drawing / drawings / kings / textiles / African: Kongo / Congolese
Sprache: unknown
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Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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