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Costume of an African Amazon warror, lived near the Kingdom of D'mt in Ethiopia. In plumed turban, animal-skin cloak, scale breastplate, skirt and boots, armed with spear, bow, quiver of arrows and shield. Amazone d'Afrique. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.

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Costume of an African Amazon warror, lived near the Kingdom of D'mt in Ethiopia. In plumed turban, animal-skin cloak, scale breastplate, skirt and boots, armed with spear, bow, quiver of arrows and shield. Amazone d'Afrique. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.

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4506 x 6851 px | 88.3 MB

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38.2 x 58.0 cm | 15.0 x 22.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1792 • AFRICAN AMAZON • AMAZONE D'AFRIQUE • ANIMAL-SKIN CLOAK • ANTHROPOLOGY • AQUATINT • AQUATINT, ETCHING • ARROWS • BEAUTY • BOOT (SHOE) • BOOTS • BORDEAUX • BOW • CLOTHING: SKIRT • COLONIALISM • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • COSTUME • CULT • DALMUT • DAMOT • DESIGN • DISGUISE • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOYAGES • ENCYCLOPEDIE DES VOYAGES • ENLIGHTENMENT • ETCHED ENGRAVING • ETCHING • ETHIOPIA • ETHNOGRAPHY • EUROCENTRIC • FANTASY • FASHION • FEMALE WARROR • FRANCE • FRANCE. • HANDCOLOURED • HUMANS • IMPERIALISM • J. LAROQUE • JACQUES GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR • KINGDOM OF D'MT • LA FRANCE • LANCE • LANCES • MASQUERADE • MODA • MYTH • MYTHOLOGY • NOBLE SAVAGE • PEOPLE • PLUMED TURBAN • QUIVER • RACISM • RITE • RITUAL • SCALE-ARMOUR BREASTPLATE • SHIELD • SKIRT • SKIRT, CLOTHING • SPEAR • WATER