Title |
["Household-stuff"; Negroland] [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[London: s.n] |
Publisher |
ENG. London. 1670 |
Date |
[1670] |
Physical Description |
1 print: wood engraving; image 13 x 16 cm. (5 x 6.25 in) |
Description |
The engraving offers a partial view of the interior and exterior of a house in Negroland. It accompanies the following paragraph
in Ogilby's text: "The best of their Household-stuff is commonly one or two wooden Chests, bought of the Whites, wherein they
Lock all they possess; so that little can be seen in their Houses. They have some Kalabasses, which they call Akosso, made
of the Straw of Mille, wherein they commonly carry their Wares and other Goods to sell. Their Arms, such as Shields, Assagays,
or Launces, hang on the Wall for Ornament. The remaining part of their Goods consists in a Mat to sleep on, two or three stumps
of wood for Stools, a Pot or two to boyl in, two or three Kalabasses to drink Palm-Wine out of, and a great Kettle to wash
themselves in." (p. 454) Many of the objects to which Ogibly refers can be seen in the engraving. For example, at the far
left, an African washes himself in a "great Kettle," while the man at the far right raises a kalabasse in his hand. In the
center of the scene, the standing figure holds his sleeping mat, and several straw baskets (Akosso) are scattered on the ground.
In accordance with Ogilby's description, arms, shields, and the like decorate the walls of the house.
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Is part of |
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676. Africa. London: Printed by Tho. Johnson, for the author, and are to be had at his house in White
Fryers, M.DC.LXX (1670).
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Notes |
Illustration in John Ogilby's Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid:
the Land of Negroes, Guinee, and Aethiopia, and Abyssines, with all the Adjacent Islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick,
Southern, or Oriental Sea, Belonging Thereunto (London: Printed by Tho. Johnson, for the author, and are to be had at his
house in White Fryers, M.DC.LXX [1670]), p. 454.
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Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography. |
Genre |
Engravings -- 1660-1670. |
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Book illustrations -- 1660-1670. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | *Wing O163 14.F p 454 A |
Accession number |
14.F |