domingo, 1 de marzo de 2009

Musical Instruments, Gold Coast, late 17th cent.


Image Reference2-654
SourceFrom Jean Barbot, A Description of the Coasts of North and South Guinea, in Thomas Astley (ed.), A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels (London, 1745-47), vol. 2, plate 69, facing p. 654. (Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library)
CommentsShows a variety of instruments, including "snappers or castagnets," horns, bells, drums, flutes. See also P.E.H. Hair, Adam Jones, and Robin Law, Barbot on Guinea [1678-1712] (London, 1992), vol. 2, after p. 570. A number of these items, but arranged differently on the page, are also shown in Awnsham and John Churchill, A Collection of Voyages (London, 1732; vol. 5, plate 22, p. 251) in the translation of Barbot's late 17th century account.

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