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San warrior from South Africa. He wears an animal skin cape, an ostrich feather in his hair, and carries a shield and three spears or assegai. Guerrier Cafre. Handcoloured woodcut by T.S. and Duverger from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.
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Caption:
San warrior from South Africa. He wears an animal skin cape, an ostrich feather in his hair, and carries a shield and three spears or assegai. Guerrier Cafre. Handcoloured woodcut by T.S. and Duverger from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
4392 x 6811 px | 85.6 MB
Print size:
37.2 x 57.7 cm | 14.6 x 22.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1845 • AFRICA • AFRICAN • ANIMAL HIDE • ANIMAL SKIN • ARCHIVIST • ASSAGAI • ASSEGAI • AUGUSTE WAHLEN • BANTU PEOPLE • BRUSSELS • CITY OF BRUSSELS • COSTUME • CUSTOMS AND COSTUMES OF ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD • DISGUISE • DUVERGER • ETIQUETTE • FASHION • FUR CAPE • GUERRIER CAFRE • HAIR • HAIRS • HANDCOLOURED • HUMANS • HUNTER (MALE) • HUNTER • HUNTING ALL HUNTS • JEAN-FRANCOIS-NICOLAS LOUMYER • JOURNEY • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVEL • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVELS • LANCE • LANCES • LEISURE • LIFESTYLE • MANNERS • MASQUERADE • MODA • MOEURS • NATION • OSTRICH FEATHER • PELO • PEOPLE • PSEUDONYM • RACE • SAN WARRIOR • SHIELD • SOUTH AFRICA • SOUTH OF AFRICA • SPEAR • T. S. • TRAVEL • TRAVELING • TRIBE • TRIP • USAGES ET COSTUMES DE TOUS LES PEUPLES DU MONDE • WAY OF LIFE • WOODBLOCK ENGRAVING • WOODCUT • WRITER • XYLOGRAPHY
