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IMAGE OF THE BLACK ARCHIVE
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SOCIAL LIFE
Further details
Etching. Illustration for La Croix, Relation universelle, vol. 4, p. 93. The Jagas (Imbangala) would test the courage of captives by tying them to a post and shooting arrows close to them. Those who showed fear were eaten; those who did not had their front teeth removed and were trained to be fierce Jaga warriors
Artist or creator
Meurs, Jacob van (1617/1618-1679) (after). Recut after the illustration in Olfert Dapper, Description de l'Afrique, Amsterdam 1686, p. 394, illustrating an account described on p. 339.
Date
1688
Location
Book, text or document (source of image)
Contact
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