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Senegal - Griot playing a Kora

Senegal - seated Griot playing a Kora, a 21-stringed harp lute that originated in the Gambia River valley with the Mandinko but is one of the most popular instruments in Senegal. Griots from most Mande groups in Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea Bissau play the kora, which has featured on a number of western recordings in recent years. A Griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition, and is also often seen as something of a societal leader due to his traditional position as an adviser to royal personages. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Antique map of East Indian Archipelago

Antique map of East Indian Archipelago, including, the Phillippines, Papua New Guinea, Borneo and Java from 1891. With Detail of Batavia (Jakarta)

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Historical Map of Van Noort at the Island of Principe, 1599

Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Illustration of Historical Map of Van Noort at the Island of Principe, from The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators, By Hendrik Willem van Loon, Published in 1899. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

© Craig McCausland

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