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Rituals among Africans living near the Cape of Good Hope
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with two depictions of rituals of Africans living near the Cape of Good Hope. Top: The Africans worship the moon. They dance and shout at full moon. Some cover their faces and crawl into hollows. Bottom: The Africans worship an insect. When the insect lands on a man, they slaughter an ox in his honor and throw a net over his head. Below the depictions, a caption in French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineRituelen onder Afrikanen die nabij Kaap de Goede Hoop wonen. 1729. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
