La queue des Nyams-Nyams, 1860

Object Details

Notes

Illustrations.

Lejean addresses the dubious assertion that there exist in Africa men with tails. In fact, Zande men wear cache-sexe with a tail-like tassel, which may have given rise to the fantastic false story.

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

1861

Call number

G1 .T727

Author

Lejean, Guillaume 1824-1871

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI

Type

Articles

Topic

Clothing

Zande cache-sexe

Record ID

siris_sil_761560

Usage

CC0