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.
- Edward James Glave
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- 43556i
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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
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Wellcome Collection 43556i
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