A Ba-yanzi monument of mud, daubed with ochre in fantastic figures and surrounded with skulls on sticks. Coloured wood engraving after E.J. Glave and H. Ward.

  • Glave, E. J. (Edward James)
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A Ba-yanzi monument of mud, daubed with ochre in fantastic figures and surrounded with skulls on sticks. Coloured wood engraving after E.J. Glave and H. Ward. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The image is surrounded by other vignettes illustrating the life on the river Congo, including a Ba-Yanzi grave with broken crockery and a Ba-yanzi execution

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1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour ; image 16.7 x 12 cm

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Monument of mud, daubed with ochre in fantastic figures. Ten women were here buried alive with the corpse of a chief; the skulls are those of his slaves Further lettering surrounding the prints

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Wellcome Collection 43556i

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