Natives of the island of Ndzwani or Anjouan in the Comoros, north west of Madagascar, Africa. Man with codpiece and bow and arrows, woman with skirt and beaded necklace. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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