Iconography

IMAGE OF THE BLACK ARCHIVE

Voyages VIII. 1688-1699

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Geography / Topography / States and regions A-Z / Upper Guinea Coast

RITUAL

Aniconic worship
Worship in open-air enclosures

Further details

Etching. Illustration for Gröben, Orientalische Reise-Beschreibung, facing p. 20 (b). Gottes dinst. Worshippers remove all their belongings, including their knives, before entering the sacred precinct.

Artist or creator

Gröben, Otto Friedrich von der (1657-1728)

Date

1694

Location

London, British Library

Book, text or document (source of image)

Gröben, Otto Friedrich von der (1657-1728). Orientalische Reise-Beschreibung des Brandenburgischen Adelichen Pilgers Otto Friedrich von der Gröben: Nebst der Brandenburgischen Schifffahrt nach Guinea, und der Verrichtung zu Morea. Marienwerder. 1694.

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