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Central Africa, King of Loango Lady-In-Waiting,1797

Femme de la Suite du Roÿ de Loango. Woman of the King of Loango's Court. A number of tribes and cultural areas in the African continent had a custom on ladies-in-waiting in historic times. Although these women effectively functioned as ladies-in-waiting, were often members of powerful families of the local nobility in their own right, and were not usually used for sexual purposes, they were none-the-less referred to as their principals' wives. The Kingdom of Loango was a pre-colonial African state, during approximately the 16th to 19th centuries in what is now the western part of the Republic of the Congo and Cabinda. Situated to the north of the more powerful Kingdom of Kongo, at its height in the 17th century Loango influence extended from Cape St Catherine in the north to almost the mouth of the Congo River. Loango exported copper to the European market, and was a major producer and exporter of cloth. A rule of succession was in place around 1600, in which the king gave command over four provinces to members of his family, called the provinces of Kaye, Boke, Selage, and Kabango, and the king was to be chosen from a rotation between them. When the king died the ruler of Kaye took over, and if the rule was followed then the ruler of Boke took his place; the other two provincial rulers advanced as well. Costumes of Different Countries, hand-tinted engraving by Labrousse, published by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, 1797.
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Central Africa, King of Loango Lady-In-Waiting,1797
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Femme de la Suite du Roÿ de Loango. Woman of the King of Loango's Court. A number of tribes and cultural areas in the African continent had a custom on ladies-in-waiting in historic times. Although these women effectively functioned as ladies-in-waiting, were often members of powerful families of the local nobility in their own right, and were not usually used for sexual purposes, they were none-the-less referred to as their principals' wives. The Kingdom of Loango was a pre-colonial African state, during approximately the 16th to 19th centuries in what is now the western part of the Republic of the Congo and Cabinda. Situated to the north of the more powerful Kingdom of Kongo, at its height in the 17th century Loango influence extended from Cape St Catherine in the north to almost the mouth of the Congo River. Loango exported copper to the European market, and was a major producer and exporter of cloth. A rule of succession was in place around 1600, in which the king gave command over four provinces to members of his family, called the provinces of Kaye, Boke, Selage, and Kabango, and the king was to be chosen from a rotation between them. When the king died the ruler of Kaye took over, and if the rule was followed then the ruler of Boke took his place; the other two provincial rulers advanced as well. Costumes of Different Countries, hand-tinted engraving by Labrousse, published by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, 1797.
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3293 x 4800 px | 45.2 MB
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27.9 x 40.6 cm | 11.0 x 16.0 in (300 dpi)
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