Senegal Collection

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

Senegal and Niger, French Colonies in Africa - Map showing main transport routes. Date: circa 1909

Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, Senegal
Moorish Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, Senegal Date: circa 1950s

Senegal - West Africa - Dakar
Children playing in the street in Dakar, Senegal

Cessna 205 Super Skywagon 5N-AFK at Dakar, Senegal Date: 1970s-1980s

Cessna 320 Skyknight F-OCDG at Dakar, Senegal. Date: 1960s-early 1970s

Dakar, Senegal, West Africa - Lebou woman in Festival dress
Dakar, Senegal, West Africa - A Lebu (Lebou) woman in Festival dress - the Lebu live primarily on the peninsula of Cap-Vert. Date: 1911

Senegalese man holding a spear.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Sibly's Universal System of Natural History, 1794

A woman of Senegal holding a spear.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Sibly's Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Man and woman of Senegal, 1818. The man carries a bow and quiver of arrows. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal

Man and woman of Tunis, Algiers or Tripoli, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton

Curly palm, Howea belmoreana. Vulnerable. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Muslims at prayer in a mosque, Senegal, 18th century. The Talbes were Moorish clerics and the Marabouts were Black Muslim clerics. Temple of the Talbes or Marabouts

Senegal bushbaby or lesser galago, Galago senegalensis. The galago of the Senegal. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Womans hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century
Womans braided hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century. Headress and ornaments of the negro women. Coiffure des negresses. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Moorish grisgris, water bottle and pouch, Senegal
String of gris-girs, leather water bottle and pouch made by the Moors, Senegal, 18th century. Grisgris, water bottle and pouch. Collier de gris-gris, outre des Maures, giberne

A floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River
Man and donkeys and other porters with sacks on their heads cross a floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River. View of a a bridge over the Ba-Fing or Black River

Weapons and musical instruments of Senegambia, 18th century
Weapons, musical instrument and pipe of Senegambia, 18th century. Bow, powder horn, lance, quiver, arrow, boot, guitar and tobacco pipe

Two slatees guard a coffle of enslaved men, Senegal
Two armed Mandinka slatees (slave merchants) guard a coffle of six enslaved men, each wearing a heavy wooden neck collar supported by the man in front. Senegal, West Africa, 1800s

Splendid glossy starling (Senegal), Lamprotornis splendidus chrysonotis (Golden eared grakle, Lamprotornis chrysonotis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by

Pied crow, Corvus albus. (Senegal white-backed crow, Corvus leuconotus.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa

Lizard buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus. (Black-chinned gosshawk, Aster monogrammicus.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds

White-crowned robin-chat, Cossypha albicapilla (Lesser white-crowned rock thrush, Petrocincla albicapilla). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John

Head of the western plantain-eater, Crinifer piscator (Variegated plantain eater, crested plantain eater, Chizoeris variegata)

Yellow-fronted canary (Senegal), Crithagra mozambica caniceps (Yellow-rumped bullfinch, Crithagra chrysopyga). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John

Red-winged pytilia, Pytilia phoenicoptera (Red-winged bengaly, Pytilia phaenicoptera). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of

African cuckoo-hawk, Aviceda cuculoides
African cuckoo-hawk or cuckoo falcon, Aviceda cuculoides. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir William

Mandinka people dancing to drums in a festival
Mandinka (Mandingo) people dancing to drums in a festival in Dramanet, Kingdom of Galam (upper Senegal River). From Mungo Parks Travels in the Interior of Africa

Loris, tarsier, indri and bushbaby
Red slender loris, Loris tardigradus (endangered), brown-hand tarsier, Tarsius fuscus, indri, Indri indri (critically endangered), and Senegal bushbaby, Galago senegalensis

Red squirrel and Senegal dormouse
Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, and Senegal dormouse, Graphiurus species. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Senegal bushbaby, Galago senegalensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Gum acacia or gum arabic tree, Acacia senegal. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Yellowbill (Senegal), Ceuthmochares aereus flavirostris (Yellow-billed coucal, Zanclostomus flavirostris). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William

African wattled lapwing, Vanellus senegallus
African wattled lapwing or Senegal wattled plover, Vanellus senegallus (Striped-throated lapwing, Vanellus strigilatus). handcoloured, steel engraving, William Lizars, William Swainson, illustration

Temmincks courser, Cursorius temminckii (Senegal courier, Tachydromus senegalensis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Senegal coucal, Centropus senegalensis
Senegal coucal or Senegal lark-heel, Centropus senegalensis. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Mosque swallow, Cecropis senegalensis (Great Senegal swallow, Hirundo senegalensis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Gum arabic tree and cashew tree
Gum arabic tree, Senegalia senegal (Acacia verek) 1, 2, 3, and cashew nut tree, Anacardium occidentale 4, 5, 6. Acacie qui produit la gomme arabique, Acajou a Pommes, fleurs, fruits

Map of the courses of the Niger River, Senegal River and Gambia River in West Africa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Costumes of the Wolof people of Senegal. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843

Costume of the ladies of Ndor (Saint-Louis) Senegal
Costume of the noble ladies married to whites or mulattos of Ndor (Saint-Louis), Senegal. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Wedding ceremony among the natives of Ndor (Saint-Louis), Senegal. Griot leading the veiled bride while guests dance in the background

Golden jackal, Canis aureus, and Senegalese jackal, Canis aureus anthus (Chacal and chacal of Senegal, Canis anthus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bradley from Edward Griffiths The Animal

Red slender loris, Loris tardigradus (endangered) and Senegal bushbaby, Galago senegalensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London

Senegal parrot and great-billed parrot
Senegal parrot, Poicephalus senegalus, and great-billed parrot, Tanygnathus megalorynchos. Handcoloured lithograph from Th

Gum arabic, Acacia senegal
Gum arabic, verek or hashab gum, Acacia senegal. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Senegal senna, Senna italica
Senegal senna, Italian senna or Port Royal senna, Senna italica (Cassia obovata). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Senegal mahogany, Khaya senegalensis. Fever bark or Fieber-Rinden. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

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