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| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 2:31pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
[img]http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1257551&t=w[/img] View of Kano from D'allah Hill; A Kano gate. ([1907?]) Image Details Image Title : View of Kano from D'allah Hill; A Kano gate. Additional Name(s) : Kumm, Hermann Karl Wilhelm, 1874-1930 -- Author Specific Material Type : Prints Item/Page/Plate : 35 Source : The Sudan : a short compendium of facts and figures about the land of darkness / by H. Karl W. Kumm ; with an introduction by the late Mrs. Karl Kumm (nee Lucy Guinness). Source Description : xiv, 224 p., [45] leaves of plates : maps ; 23 cm. Location : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division Subjects and Names Gates Kano (Nigeria) Kumm, Hermann Karl Wilhelm Views |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 2:32pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
[img]http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1106732&t=w[/img] Inside Kano city. (1911) Image Details Image Title : Inside Kano city. Additional Name(s) : Morel, E. D. (Edmund Dene), 1873-1924 -- Author Item/Page/Plate : Facing page 132 Source : Nigeria, its peoples and its problems. Source Description : xviii, 265 p. maps (part fold.), plates. 24 cm. Location : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division Subjects and Names Africa Kano (Nigeria) Morel, E. D. (Edmund Dene) Nigeria |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 2:35pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
[img]http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1106731&t=w[/img] One of the gateways to Kano city, showing outer wall; Another of the entrances to the city. (1911) Image Details Image Title : One of the gateways to Kano city, showing outer wall; Another of the entrances to the city. Additional Name(s) : Morel, E. D. (Edmund Dene), 1873-1924 -- Author Item/Page/Plate : Facing page 128 Source : Nigeria, its peoples and its problems. Source Description : xviii, 265 p. maps (part fold.), plates. 24 cm. Location : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division Subjects and Names Africa Doors & doorways Kano (Nigeria) Morel, E. D. (Edmund Dene) Nigeria |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 2:37pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
[img]http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1106733&t=w[/img] The Emir of Kano on the march. [Calvary in Nigeria.] (1911) Image Details Image Title : The Emir of Kano on the march. Alternate Title : Calvary in Nigeria. Additional Name(s) : Morel, E. D. (Edmund Dene), 1873-1924 -- Author Item/Page/Plate : Facing page 134 Source : Nigeria, its peoples and its problems. Source Description : xviii, 265 p. maps (part fold.), plates. 24 cm. Location : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division Subjects and Names Africa Africans Horseback riding Kano (Nigeria) Morel, E. D. (Edmund Dene) Nigeria |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 2:46pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/2/4/70401_images_image_2480_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1895. Foà, Édouard. Le Dahomey : Histoire - Géographie - Moeurs - Coutumes - Commerce - Industrie. Expéditions Françaises (1891-1894). Original language: French Caption translation: Behanzin and his family Illustrator: P. Merwart, signed "FRON", semi-illegible, in LL and "PM" in LR Illustration technique: field engraving Publication page: 53 Publication plate/figure: plate; bottom Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • Republic of Benin (Country, region, place) • brass (Materials and techniques) • carved wood (Materials and techniques) • Behanzin (Notable features) • hand (Notable features) • pipe (Notable features) • cane (Object name, type) • royal emblem (Object name, type) • scepter (Object name, type) • ceremonial staff (Object name, type) • kpo (Object name, type) • recade (Object name, type) • regalia (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) 1 Like |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 2:48pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/2/7/7960_images_image_2786_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1895. d'Albéca, Alexandre L. La France au Dahomey. Original language: French Caption translation: Dahomean Equipment. Illustrator: Gudin, Faucher Gudin, Faucher, signed Illustration technique: studio engraving Publication page: 46 Publication plate/figure: figure Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • Republic of Benin (Country, region, place) • oruboros (Notable features) • serpent (Notable features) • swallowing tail (Notable features) • emblem (Object name, type) • jewelry motif (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 2:53pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/1/0/25301_images_image_1097_image.jpg[/img] Publication: 1895. Foà, Édouard. Le Dahomey : Histoire - Géographie - Moeurs - Coutumes - Commerce - Industrie. Expéditions Françaises (1891-1894). Original language: French Caption translation: INDUSTRIAL ARTS. 1. Weaver. 2. Bellows, Pincers, Hammer, Anvil. 3. Portrait Furnace. 4. Dagger. 5. Knife. 6. Headrest. 7. Coco, loaded with oil and almonds. 8. Comb. 9. Canoe. 10. Paddles. 11. Harpoons and Hooks. Illustrator: A. Housselin, signed below top context engraving of plate. All drawings in text are by P. Merwart, Sirouy, Charpin and Lix after photographs and documents; artists of individual works are frequently not specified except in this case when Housselin has signed the work (he is not cited on title page as being one of the artists, however.) Illustration technique: context engraving & drawing; after photograph Publication page: facing 128 Publication plate/figure: plate II fig. 8 Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • Republic of Benin (Country, region, place) • wood (Materials and techniques) • interlocking females (Notable features) • figurated handle (Notable features) • comb (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 2:55pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/4/8243_images_image_470_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1895. d'Albéca, Alexandre L. La France au Dahomey. Original language: French Caption translation: Wooden combs Illustrator: , unsigned Illustration technique: studio engraving Publication page: 159, bottom Publication plate/figure: figure Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • Republic of Benin (Country, region, place) • incised (Materials and techniques) • wood (Materials and techniques) • carved (Materials and techniques) • decorative (Notable features) • figurated handle (Notable features) • head (Notable features) • hair pick (Object name, type) • comb (Object name, type) • Fon ? (Style, culture group) |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by Nobody: 2:58pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
Off topic, do you know if French used to deport people from a country(x) to another one(y)?.because i feel like those fon from Dahomey are the same living in Cameroon.thanks |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 2:59pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/2/6/59384_images_image_2611_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1920. Réal, Daniel. "Note Sur l'Art Dahoméen." L'Anthropologie, Vol. 30. Original language: French Caption translation: Fig. 1. [Left] Carved calabash (diameter = 26 centimeters) Gift of General Dodds. – Musée d’Ethnographie No. 36.695. Fig. 2. [Right] Carved calabash (diameter = 12 centimeters). Collection of Edouard Foa. – Musée d’Ethnographie No. 31.040. Text translation: "In the Dahomey, the work on these fruits, which have become receptacles, is always very meticulous… By examining some of the pieces on display at the Musée d’Ethnographie, one is convinced of the perfection in the craftsmanship that the natives have been able to attain." (pg. 372) Illustration technique: studio engraving Publication page: 373 Publication plate/figure: figure Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • Republic of Benin (Country, region, place) • calabash (Materials and techniques) • incised (Materials and techniques) • lizard (Notable features) • bowl (Object name, type) • container (Object name, type) • Yoruba (Style, culture group) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 3:03pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
CAMEROONPRIDE: Off topic, do you know if French used to deport people from a country(x) to another one(y)?.because i feel like those fon from Dahomey are the same living in Cameroon.thanks I've never heard of the French doing something like that during the colonial era, but I don't know that much about French colonial practices, honestly. The Fon in Dahomey/Benin Republic practiced the Vodun religion and founded the kingdom of Dahomey. What are the Fon in Cameroon known for and do they speak the same language as the Fon of Dahomey? |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 3:09pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/2/2/50184_images_image_2221_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1895. Dodds, General, et al. La France au Pays Noir: Campagne du Dahomey 1890-1892, Mission Maistre.... Original language: French Caption translation: Snake fetish. Wooden sculpture. Illustration technique: studio engraving Publication page: 19 Publication plate/figure: figure Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • Republic of Benin (Country, region, place) • carved wood (Materials and techniques) • polychrome (Materials and techniques) • hanging tongue (Notable features) • no ears (Notable features) • caryatid serpent (Notable features) • open mouth (Notable features) • tiny ears (Notable features) • vessel (Object name, type) • divination bowl (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
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PhysicsQED: [img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/2/4/70401_images_image_2480_medium.jpg[/img]This one wey everybody bone face for picture...  |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 3:13pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/1/9/61223_images_image_1920_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1906. Brossard, Charles and P. d'Horel. "Dahomey et Dépendances: Situation, Limites, Superficie, Population." Colonies françaises, par un groupe d'écrivains, d'explorateurs et de fonctionnaires. Original language: French Caption translation: Dépêche coloniale illustrée. Royal silver fetish. Illustrator: , photo credit: Dépêche coloniale illustrée Illustration technique: b/w studio photograph Publication page: 298 Publication plate/figure: figure Keywords: • Benin Republic (Country, region, place) • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • silver ? (Materials and techniques) • metal (Materials and techniques) • bird (Notable features) • hornbill (Notable features) • insignia ? (Notable features) • fringed canopy (Notable features) • lion (Notable features) • ornate finial (Notable features) • asen ? (Object name, type) • staff (Object name, type) • regalia ? (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
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[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/1/5/6128_images_image_1551_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1914. Staudinger, P. "Anzahl von Togefäßen aus Kano." Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, Vol. 1, No. 21 Feb., 1914. Original language: German Caption translation: No. 3 No. 2 No. 1 Text translation: “… Further, I present to you three ceremonial axes from Dahomey. One piece (no. 1 of the reproduction) I showed once earlier because it shows the depiction of a lion, which is extremely rare in Africa and actually only occurs in Dahomey. Blade, back-edge and handle are all made from brass on this axe. The spiral decoration is unique. Fig. 3 is made of iron and shows the typical fastenings. No. 2 appears as particularly notable. It is the ceremonial axe of a king from Dahomey (regrettably, his name can no longer be determined), unfortunately not in original but in a very good imitation. I owe the piece to the kindnesss of the earlier, highly deserved governor of Togo, Count Zech, who often provided me with important documents in my examination of beads. Count Zech received the reproduction of the axe as a gift during a visit to the French colony Dahomey. The king who owned the axe had a fish as a mascot! Some say it is a shark, but this is naturally not a shark since the mouth opening of a shark is different. Only the rows of small teeth and some fins indicate that it is a shark, a well known fish there. But the large square-ish teeth rather indicate a dogfish, and much of the form reminds one of a catfish. This is a stylized fish, a fable animal. The small discs ornamentation on the handle is very notable, which unfortunately cannot be seen clearly in the reproduction (no.2). In Dahomey, similar to the ceremonial axes there were also walking sticks of the chiefs that were inherited from family to family. Benue, Dahomey, and Aschanti are all somewhat similarly related areas in Africa with old influences and immigrants.” (pp. 178-180) Illustration technique: b/w studio photograph Publication page: 179 Publication plate/figure: figure Keywords: • Benin Republic (Country, region, place) • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • metal (Materials and techniques) • wood (Materials and techniques) • inlay (Notable features) • knob (Notable features) • lion (Notable features) • animals (Notable features) • fish (Notable features) • insignia (Object name, type) • royal emblem (Object name, type) • scepter (Object name, type) • ceremonial axe (Object name, type) • recade (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
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[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/3/3/55190_images_image_3302_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1894. "Dahomé nach den neuen französischen Forschungen. II." Globus: Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Länder- und Völkerkunde., Vol. LXVI, No. 18. Original language: German Caption translation: Fig. 15. Royal messenger stick from Porto Novo. Caption: Fig. 15. Königlicher Botenstock von Porto Novo. Text translation: "The stick in Dahomé comes to us as another kind of symbol (Fig. 15). It is used by highly ranked people, in particular by the King himself, as a personal substitute, insofar as it is carried around by a messenger or servant. In this way, the King would always send his commands to the coast through a chief who carried his stick; the latter would be treated in a similar honorable way as the King himself. On the other hand, denying the stick honor signifies the same thing as insulting its owner. If somebody comes into the city who has too many visits to pay and not enough time, he simply sends his stick around instead with a servant. In short, the stick plays a similar roll in Dahomé as the ring in the Middle Ages or Gessler's hat." (p. 283) Illustration technique: studio engraving Publication page: 284 Publication plate/figure: fig 15 Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • Porto Novo (Country, region, place) • Republic of Benin (Country, region, place) • fish eating fish (Notable features) • leopard (Notable features) • regalia (Object name, type) • royal emblem (Object name, type) • kpo (Object name, type) • recade (Object name, type) • scepter (Object name, type) • staff (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
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[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/5/0/55631_images_image_5099_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1895. Blanchard, Jean-Baptiste and Adolphe Badin. Au Dahomey. Journal de la Campagne par un Marsouin. Original language: French Caption translation: Royal staffs of Béhanzin. Text translation: "The peace negotiations that Béhanzin began with the General have not advanced one bit. Every evening we see two big cabeçère devils arrive dressed in skirts made of multicolored silk and carrying the royal staff, which serves them as letter of introduction and credential; these are the ambassadors of Béhanzin." (pp. 249-250) Illustration technique: studio engraving Publication page: 253 Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • Republic of Benin (Country, region, place) • copper (Materials and techniques) • carved wood (Materials and techniques) • silver (Materials and techniques) • knob (Notable features) • fins (Notable features) • ruby eyes (Notable features) • shark's head (Notable features) • insignia (Object name, type) • staff (Object name, type) • ceremonial axe (Object name, type) • kpo (Object name, type) • recade (Object name, type) • regalia (Object name, type) • royal emblem (Object name, type) • scepter (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
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[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/1/0/54673_images_image_1049_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1920. Réal, Daniel. "Note Sur l'Art Dahoméen." L'Anthropologie, Vol. 30. Original language: French Caption translation: 8. (center) Cane of the Chief. Bibliothèque Nationale. - Musée d'Ethnographie No. 14509. (left) Copper axe with an openwork design. Foa Collection. Musée d'Ethnographie No. 30.90710. (right) Copper show axe. Elliot Collection.- Musée d'Ethnographie No. 44.829. Text translation: “The wood, like in the majority of these batons, has preserved its natural color; there is, however, a band of fairly soft green under the small dais, the hair of a human character is blackened and the necklace is the same discreet green.” (p. 379) Illustration technique: b/w studio photograph Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • Republic of Benin (Country, region, place) • copper (Materials and techniques) • inlay (Materials and techniques) • openwork (Materials and techniques) • carved wood (Materials and techniques) • human (Notable features) • monkey (Notable features) • finial (Notable features) • regalia (Object name, type) • royal emblem (Object name, type) • stave (Object name, type) • display axe (Object name, type) • kpo (Object name, type) • recade (Object name, type) • staff (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
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[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/7/9571_images_image_765_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1910. Read, Charles H., T. A. Joyce and O. M. Dalton. Handbook to the Ethnographical Collections, British Museum. Caption: "Knives and axes from West Africa. A. Dahomi. B. Ashanti. C. Fang and other Gaboon tribes. D. Fang throwing knife. E. sheath of D. (brass). F. Gaboon tribes. G. Dahomi." Illustration technique: studio engraving Keywords: • Benin Republic (Country, region, place) • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • West Africa (Country, region, place) • metal (Materials and techniques) • wood (Materials and techniques) • animal head (Notable features) • open mouth (Notable features) • figurated (Notable features) • kpo ? (Object name, type) • recade ? (Object name, type) • weapon (Object name, type) • ceremonial axe (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
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[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/5/2/85578_images_image_5211_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1908. Frazer, J.G. "Statues of Three Kings of Dahomey." MAN: A Monthly Record of Anthropological Science., Vol. VIII, No. 73. Text: “The throne, of which a photograph is here given, belonged to the lion king Guelelé and shows his emblem, a lion. To this I would add that in the great Anthropological Museum at Berlin there is a statue of a West African king, I think from Dahomey, which represents the monarch with the whiskers of a leopard. Professor von Luschan called my attention to it when I was at Berlin some years ago, and he told me, if I remember aright, that the king bore the name or surname of Leopard.” (p. 132) Illustration technique: b/w studio photograph Publication page: 132 Keywords: • Abomey (Country, region, place) • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • Republic of Benin (Country, region, place) • metal (Materials and techniques) • pigment (Materials and techniques) • wood (Materials and techniques) • lion (Notable features) • royal emblem (Object name, type) • king Glélé's throne (Object name, type) • regalia (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
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[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/1/0/93598_images_image_1046_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1920. Réal, Daniel. "Note Sur l'Art Dahoméen." L'Anthropologie, Vol. 30. Original language: French Caption translation: Fetish cup of carved wood. (H. = 20 cm; W. = 15 cm.) Albeca colleciton. - Musée d'Ethnographie No. 26.298 Text translation: "That which seems to me the most successful in the cups series, from the point of view of the equilibrium of the forms, is a cup supported by a serpent coiled in a spiral; he has his mouth open and his tongue linked to the plate…The serpent is painted black; it is decorated with a series of small alternating red and sky blue lines…with white horns, eyes and teeth of the same color. The cup is blue, bordered with red; the pieces falling laterally are rays of red and yellow horizontal bands.” (p. 375) Illustrator: , unsigned Illustration technique: studio drawing Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • carved wood (Materials and techniques) • polychrome (Materials and techniques) • hanging tongue (Notable features) • caryatid serpent (Notable features) • open mouth (Notable features) • small ears (Notable features) • cup (Object name, type) • divination bowl (Object name, type) • vessel (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
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[img]http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1167945&t=w[/img] The gates of Dahomey. (1851) Image Details Image Title : The gates of Dahomey. Additional Name(s) : Forbes, Frederick E. (Frederick Edwyn) -- Author Specific Material Type : Prints Item/Page/Plate : Facing page 69 Source : Dahomey and the Dahomans; being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850. By Frederick E. Forbes. Source Description : 2 v. col. fronts., plates (part col.) col. ports. 20 cm. Location : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division Subjects and Names Africa Dahomey Forbes, Frederick E. (Frederick Edwyn) Gates -- Dahomey |
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[img]http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1167946&t=w[/img] The reception of the " Ah-Haussoo-Noh-Beh," or " Queens Mouths." (1851) Image Details Image Title : The reception of the " Ah-Haussoo-Noh-Beh," or " Queens Mouths." Additional Name(s) : Forbes, Frederick E. (Frederick Edwyn) -- Author Specific Material Type : Prints Item/Page/Plate : Facing page 75 Source : Dahomey and the Dahomans; being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850. By Frederick E. Forbes. Source Description : 2 v. col. fronts., plates (part col.) col. ports. 20 cm. Location : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division Subjects and Names Africa Forbes, Frederick E. (Frederick Edwyn) Manners & customs -- Africa Rites & ceremonies -- Africa |
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[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/2/5/81151_images_image_2571_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1894. Verneau, R. "Statues des rois de Dahomé. Le trône de Béhanzin et les portes des palais d'Abomé, par Maurice Delafosse" [book review]." l'Anthropologie, Vol. 5. Original language: French Caption translation: Bas reliefs from Abomey palaces. (After watercolors by the Captain Fonssagrives.) Text translation: "These bas-reliefs, written in a language and with ideographic and symbolic characters known only to the priests of Afa, inscribe the history of Dahomé. It is very interesting to discover, in negro lands, a system of historic hieroglyphics that had been thought to be found only in Egypt and in America. The deciphering of these inscriptions, begun by Captain Fonssagrives, was continued by one of his colleagues, with the help of the priests of Afa and the princes of the royal family." (p.365) Illustrator: Dietrich; Fonssagrives, signed LR; Dietrich (engraver); Fonssagrives (artist) Illustration technique: studio engraving; after watercolor Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • République du Bénin (Country, region, place) • carved wood (Materials and techniques) • bird (Notable features) • dog (Notable features) • kpo (Notable features) • lion (Notable features) • recade (Notable features) • tree (Notable features) • weapons (Notable features) • bird (Notable features) • boat (Notable features) • recade (Notable features) • symbols (Notable features) • warrior (Notable features) • hieroglyph (Object name, type) • palace decoration (Object name, type) • royal emblem (Object name, type) • bas relief (Object name, type) • wall panel (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
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[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/2/5/72533_images_image_2572_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1894. Verneau, R. "Statues des rois de Dahomé. Le trône de Béhanzin et les portes des palais d'Abomé, par Maurice Delafosse" [book review]." l'Anthropologie, Vol. 5. Original language: French Caption translation: Other bas-reliefs from the palaces of Abomé. (According to the watercolors of Captain Fonssagrives.) Text translation: “These bas-reliefs, written in a language and with known ideographic and symbolic characters of the only priests of Afa, hold the annals of the Dahomé. It is very curious to find, in a black country, a system of historic hieroglyph that had been thought to have been located in Egypt and in America. The deciphering of these inscriptions, beginning with Captain Fonssagrives, has been continued by one of his colleagues with the aid of the priests of Afa and the princes of the royal family.” (p. 365) Illustrator: Dietrich; Fonssagrives, signed in LR; Dietrich (engraver), Fonssagrives (artist) Illustration technique: studio engraving; after watercolor Keywords: • Abomey (Country, region, place) • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • relief (Materials and techniques) • carved (Materials and techniques) • wood (Materials and techniques) • biting (Notable features) • fish (Notable features) • hunter (Notable features) • symbols (Notable features) • devouring (Notable features) • fighting (Notable features) • hieroglyphs (Notable features) • weapons (Notable features) • bas-relief (Object name, type) • hieroglyph (Object name, type) • ideograph (Object name, type) • royal emblem (Object name, type) • wall panel (Object name, type) • palace decoration (Object name, type) • symbol (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by TerraCotta(m): 7:52pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
It's incredible to see culturally valuable material like this on Nairaland. I enjoy Hausa architecture and I haven't seen some of these photos of the Kano walls before. Gorgeous stuff. The Dahomean weapons are called 'recades' or mankpo in Fongbe and they're stylized versions of throwing sticks, which the Dahomean hunters and soldiers were famous for using with accuracy. Again, I see a few examples I've never come across before. Cameroonpride--the French did practice deportation, but generally to their plantation colonies. The Dahomean king mentioned here several times (Behanzin) was deported to Martinique after capture. I believe a few other figures were taken to Madagascar as well. I don't think the Cameroonian Fon (which is a royal title in Bamun?) is related to this group. The Fon speak one of the Gbe languages and don't have any known connection to Cameroon, as far as I know. These coincidences come up in African languages fairly often which is why we have to be careful about leaping to conclusions. There's a fairly old and well-established Ekiti-Yoruba community called Efon-Alaaye, for instance, but there's nothing linking them to the Dahomean Fon either. I love the Dahomean bas-reliefs as historic documents. Some of them depict Agbome's wars with Ketu and the other Anago-Yoruba kingdoms in the area, which you can tell from the facial markings on the combatants. |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by Ishilove: 8:47pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
PhysicsQED: [img]http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1167946&t=w[/img]Wow, such rich, vibrant colours...this is so beautiful...  There they go again with those groundnut sellers tents!   |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 7:10am On Apr 21, 2013 |
[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/4/61933_images_image_467_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1895. d'Albéca, Alexandre L. La France au Dahomey. Original language: French Caption translation: Historical low-reliefs and frescoes. Illustrator: Krieger Krieger, signed Illustration technique: studio engraving Publication page: 111 Publication plate/figure: figure Keywords: • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • Republic of Benin (Country, region, place) • ships (Notable features) • animals (Notable features) • crocodiles (Notable features) • fish (Notable features) • masks (Notable features) • warfare scenes (Notable features) • weapons (Notable features) • bas-reliefs (Object name, type) • frescoes (Object name, type) • Fon (?) (Style, culture group) |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by Ishilove: 7:12am On Apr 21, 2013 |
Goodday Mr Phyics. Have you read my mail yet? |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 7:17am On Apr 21, 2013 |
[img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/6/7/22308_images_image_6797_medium.jpg[/img] [img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/6/7/25394_images_image_6798_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1894. Delafosse, Maurice. "Statues des rois de Dahomé au Musée ethnographique du Trocadéro." La Nature. Revue des sciences et de leurs applications aux arts et à l'industrie., Vol. 22, No. 1086. Original language: French Caption: Fig. 1.—Bas-reliefs des palais d’Abomé au Dahomé. (D’après les aquarelles de M. le capitaine Fonssagrives.) Fig. 2.—Autres bas-reliefs des palais d’Abomé. (D’après les aquarelles de M. le capitaine Fonssagrives.) Text translation: "Other watercolors by the same officer [Captain Fonssagrives] reproduce the bas reliefs and paintings that decorate the murals of the palace at Abomé. I thought it would be interesting to reproduce here some of the most curious of the motifs of these bas-reliefs, which in more than one respect recall the steles of Egyptian monuments (fig. 1 and 2): these are, no doubt about it, the principal episodes of Dahomean history that the black artist wanted to represent. The kings are represented by their symbols: Guézo is depicted as a bird that must be a cock, Guélélé by a lion, Béhanzin by a fish that has got to be seen as a shark. Several scenes represent a European in the clutches of a native, and the latter is always victorious. Next to these royal symbols and historic paintings, certain figures recall the symbols of the gods, which are also found on the carved doors brought back by General Dodds; the sacred serpent, the chameleon, symbol of the rainbow, the horse, symbol of the god of war, the leopard, symbol of the royal protective divinity, etc. Then some veritable hieroglyphs, sacred characters, the meanings of which only the priests of Afa understand. (p.263) "Perhaps alone among the kings of Dahomé, Guézo was a human character who showed social concern for the life of his subjects" (p.265). “His name seems to mean ‘he who levels the fire’. His symbolic nickname of Kokulo ‘the cock’ was no doubt given to him due to his vigilance in overseeing the interests of his kingdom. His emblem, a red cockerel with black wings, often features, as I was saying above, in the paintings and hieroglyphic bas-reliefs of Abome’s palaces.” (p.266) Upon his death, in 1858, the chief priests divided into to parties. One wanted to give the dead king a successor who might continue his traditions of humanity and progress. But the priests upheld by the barbarian hordes of the Amazons caused the triumph of one of the sons of Guézo, the blood Gbadou, who in acceding to the crown took the name of Guélélé. He was surnamed Kinikini "the Lion", and this animal is his emblem. With him, old customs were returned to honor with all their savage cruelty." (p.266). "When he died in 1889, his son Kondo suceeded him and took the name Béhanzin, or better, Gbéhanzin, which signifies 'Ripe Herb'. Others said Gbénazin, 'the herb will ripen' or again Gbédazin, 'bite of ripe hay', but his symbolic surname is Gbowélé and the shark is his emblem.” (p.266). Illustrator: , signed "Dietrich" lower right corner Illustration technique: b/w engraving Publication page: p. 264 Publication plate/figure: figure 1 Keywords: • Abomey (Country, region, place) • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • République du Bénin (Country, region, place) • animals (Notable features) • bird (Notable features) • boat (Notable features) • hunter (Notable features) • kpo (Notable features) • lion (Notable features) • skull (Notable features) • tree (Notable features) • recade (Notable features) • warrior (Notable features) • bas-relief (Object name, type) • hieroglyph (Object name, type) • ideograph (Object name, type) • palace decoration (Object name, type) • royal emblem (Object name, type) • wall panel (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 7:21am On Apr 21, 2013 |
Ishilove: Goodday Mr Phyics. Have you read my mail yet? Oh, so you were the one sending me the PMs!  I was wondering who it was.No, I haven't read them because the emails from NL don't seem to be showing up in my inbox or my junk mail. I was asking the mods what I could do about this in the complaints thread in the politics section, but I didn't get a solution. Anyway, if it's not too personal/private, what is it that you wanted to send me a message about? |
| Re: Interesting Images From Precolonial And Early Colonial Africa by PhysicsQED(m): 7:26am On Apr 21, 2013 |
(I've posted this image twice already, but I'm just posting it again with the comments of a different writer.) [img]http://raai.library.yale.edu/web/art/3/2/24142_images_image_3299_medium.jpg[/img] Publication: 1894. "Dahomé nach den neuen französischen Forschungen. II." Globus: Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Länder- und Völkerkunde., Vol. LXVI, No. 18. Original language: German Caption translation: Fig. 12. Wood carving from the palace of Abomé. Caption: Fig. 12. Holzschnitzerei vom Palaste von Abomé. Text translation: "A second picture (Fig. 12) shows us a bas relief group from another palace in Dahomé which was collected on the spot. We have here a representation from Dahomé's history in a written language that is only known among a certain class of priests and which, like Egyptian hieroglyphics, is a mixture of pictures and symbols. Captain Fonssagrives, who collected a number of such representations, is still occupied with decoding them with the help of native priests." (p. 283) Illustration technique: studio engraving Publication page: 283 Publication plate/figure: fig 12 Keywords: • Abomey (Country, region, place) • Dahomey (Country, region, place) • wood (Materials and techniques) • biting (Notable features) • fighting (Notable features) • men (Notable features) • devouring (Notable features) • fish (Notable features) • weapons (Notable features) • bas-relief (Object name, type) • hieroglyph (Object name, type) • ideograph (Object name, type) • royal emblem (Object name, type) • wall panel (Object name, type) • palace decoration (Object name, type) • symbol (Object name, type) • Fon (Style, culture group) |
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