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[The Jages; Kingdom of Monoe-mugi, or Nimeamaye] [graphic].
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Title
[The Jages; Kingdom of Monoe-mugi, or Nimeamaye] [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 shows the Jages, who lived in the eastern portion of the Kingdom of Mono-mugi, or Nimeamye, between Okango and the Lake. According to Ogilby, the Jages were "the cruellest and most inhumane people." As he wrote, "These Jages are like in Manners, Wars, and Savageness to the Jages of Ansico, for they eat up all those that they take Prisoners in the Wars, or serve them as Slaves; and for Ornament have also Feathers stuck through their Noses, and both the upper Teeth before are struck out; without which marks none can be received in their Bands or Companies, as we have at large before related." (p. 603) In the engraving, the Jages take members of another tribe captive. They are armed with swords, daggers, and bows and arrows, and wear feathers through their noses.
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).
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. 603.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Genre
Engravings -- 1660-1670.
Book illustrations -- 1660-1670.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | *Wing O163 14.F p 603
Accession number
14.F
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