Iconography

IMAGE OF THE BLACK ARCHIVE

Germany. 16th century

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Geography / Types of people / Africans / Sub-Saharan Africans / Guineans

RITUAL

Sacrifice / Human sacrifice

SOCIAL LIFE

Costume / Modern / Contemporary depictions / Africa / Guinea

Further details

After the detail of the woman and child in Burgkmair's print 'In Gennea'

Artist or creator

Burgkmair, Hans, the elder (1473-1531) (after)

Date

1622

Location

Houston, TX, Menil Foundation Collection

Book, text or document (source of image)

Botero, Giovanni. Delle relationi universali. Rome. 1591. Venice 1622 edition.

Contact

For comments or queries, please contact photographic.collect@sas.ac.uk
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