Mandingo warrior, Liberia – Historic Reproduction
![Mandingo warrior, Liberia, [between 1895 and 1896] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2e/2ec4028ad4cc-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Mandingo warrior, Liberia, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Mandingo warrior, Liberia
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Catalogued as No. 163 in the American Colonization Society's Series B, this portrait shows a man identified as a Mandingo warrior from Liberia, posed in clothing chosen to look martial. The Mandingo are a Mande-speaking people whose communities long predated the American-founded colony. Images of this kind were often used to present African subjects to American audiences, so it is worth asking who arranged the pose and why. Dated to about 1895 to 1896, it documents late nineteenth-century portrait practice.
| Created / published | [between 1895 and 1896] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | No. 163. Series B". American Colonization Society Collection (Library of Congress)." |
| Subjects | Liberians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900. Warriors--Liberia--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,310 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204667 |
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