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The Ashantee War: female fashions at Cape Coast Castle - from a sketch by our special artist, 1874. Creator: Unknown.

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The Ashantee War: female fashions at Cape Coast Castle - from a sketch by our special artist, 1874. 'Those brisk dames and damsels of Cape Coast Castle, though black and not comely, show plenty of spirit; and, while they are not stupid or lazy in their proper work, they will drive a recreant male to the field, it is said, with the whip in their gentle hands, as well as with their tongues. Their fashions of apparel have been described and illustrated before now in this Journal. The garment consists of one large piece of bright-coloured cotton, often striped, which is folded round the body and limbs below the waist, but is so put on in front for a married woman as to cover the bosom also. The hind part of the dress is raised upon a sort of "bustle," or cushion, fastened there by a sash or belt round the chest, and it is usual for a mother to carry her babe upon this "cankey." The headdress is a gay kerchief, with sometimes a bunch of feathers, grass, or flowers, put over the woman's hair, which is twisted into a variety of shapes, knobs, ridges, and tails, as shown in our Illustration; the figure at the upper left-hand corner of the Engraving shows the rough hair before this artistic process'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A32_415

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53,3Mo (2,3Mo) / 31,4cm x 42,6cm / 3709 x 5027 (300dpi)

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