"Dernier vestige de l'ère du couteau! Pauvre malheureuse qui en 1871, comme jeune fille, par suite d'une faute grave, eut le nez, les oreilles et les lèvres coupées par ordre de la reine ou mère du roi Afoua Koube. "
Item Details
Title:
"Dernier vestige de l'ère du couteau! Pauvre malheureuse qui en 1871, comme jeune fille, par suite d'une faute grave, eut le nez, les oreilles et les lèvres coupées par ordre de la reine ou mère du roi Afoua Koube. "
Alternate title:
"Last sign of the 'era of the knife'! A poor woman who, as a young girl in 1871, had her nose, ears and lips cut by order of the Queen Mother of the king, Afua Kube, all because of a mistake."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
1908
Proper date:
1908
Geography
Location:
People:
Subject
Keywords:
Individuals:
Afua Kube (queen mother)
Relationships
[Same image]: D-30.18.062
[Same image]: QD-32.024.0250
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 16.5cm x 11.7cm
[Condition]: medium
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
[Condition]: medium
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QD-30.044.0067
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-30.044.0067
Title: "Dernier vestige de l'ère du couteau! Pauvre malheureuse qui en 1871, comme jeune fille, par suite d'une faute grave, eut le nez, les oreilles et les lèvres coupées par ordre de la reine ou mère du roi Afoua Koube. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 1908
“Dernier vestige de l'ère du couteau! Pauvre malheureuse qui en 1871, comme jeune fille, par suite d'une faute grave, eut le nez, les oreilles et les lèvres coupées par ordre de la reine ou mère du roi Afoua Koube. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 20, 2024, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/71678.
Title: "Dernier vestige de l'ère du couteau! Pauvre malheureuse qui en 1871, comme jeune fille, par suite d'une faute grave, eut le nez, les oreilles et les lèvres coupées par ordre de la reine ou mère du roi Afoua Koube. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 1908
“Dernier vestige de l'ère du couteau! Pauvre malheureuse qui en 1871, comme jeune fille, par suite d'une faute grave, eut le nez, les oreilles et les lèvres coupées par ordre de la reine ou mère du roi Afoua Koube. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 20, 2024, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/71678.
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