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Harvest in Wanyamézi [graphic].
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Title
Harvest in Wanyamézi [graphic].
Publisher
[New York: s.n]
Publisher
NY. New York. 1864
Date
[1864]
Physical Description
1 print: wood engraving; image 24 x 14 cm. (9.25 x 5.5 in)
Description
Illustration included in Chapter V, "Unyamuezi." Unyamuezi [i.e., Unyamwezi] was one of the largest kingdoms in East Africa; its people are called Wanyamezi. As the title suggests, the engraving shows a Wanyamezi harvest in 1861. Corn, which grew abundantly on the richly cultivated land, is shown at the top. In the center, four men thrash the corn with long-handled paddles. At the bottom, women are shown cutting, separating, and grinding the corn.
Is part of
Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864. Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1864.
Notes
Illustration in John Hanning Speke's Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1864), p. 129.
According to a note on the title-page, the book's illustrations are "chiefly from drawings by Captain Grant."
Caption reads: "1, 2, 3, 4. Grain. Maize, etc., stacked for the season. 5. Men with long rackets thrashing Kafir corn (sorghum). 6. Woman in the field cutting "sorghum" with a knife, and depositing it in a basket. 7. Women separating the corn from the chaff by means of a wooden pestle and mortar. 8. Woman grinding corn upon a single slab of stone."
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
Subject
Harvesting -- Africa, East.
Agricultural laborers -- Africa, East.
Geographic subject
Africa, East -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Genre
Wood engravings -- 1860-1870.
Book illustrations -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1864 Speke 15863.O p 129
Accession number
15863.O
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Fels African Americana Image Project
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