Warrior of the Kingdom of Whydah, Slave Coast, Africa (now Benin). Man in loincloth armed with shield, spear, short sword, bow and quiver of arrows. Guerrier de Juida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.

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