'Negro heads with punishments for intoxication and dirt-eating'. There are representations of two of the 'various tribes of the west coast of Africa'. 'The tin collar is a punishment for drunkenness in females'. 'The mask is used as a punishment and preventive of the practice of dirt-eating... ' Image taken from West India Scenery, with illustrations of negro character, the process of making sugar, &c., from sketches taken during a voyage to, and residence of seven years in, the island of Trinidad. [Plates, with accompanying text.].
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Differents types d'esclaves des Caraibes, avec punitions infligees : masque de fer pour les empecher de manger de la terre afin de se suicider, chaines au cou... Illustration tiree de l'ouvrage de R. BRIDGENS 'West India scenery', publie en 1836. Credit : Migny/ KHARBINE-TAPABOR.