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C1753
Procession au Temple du Serpent, Tiree de Desmarchais
Mapmaker:
Quentin-Pierre Chedel (1705 - 1762)
C18th engraving of procession to the Snake Temple in the Kingdom of Whydah (present day Benin). In Africa the chief centre of serpent worship was Dahomey, but the cult of the python seems to have been of exotic origin, dating … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Procession au Temple du Serpent, Tiree de Desmarchais
Date:
C1753
Mapmaker:
Quentin-Pierre Chedel (1705 - 1762)
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
282mm
x 192mm
Paper Size:
350mm
x 254mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1753
Description:
C18th engraving of procession to the Snake Temple in the Kingdom of Whydah (present day Benin).
In Africa the chief centre of serpent worship was Dahomey, but the cult of the python seems to have been of exotic origin, dating back to the first quarter of the 17th century. By the conquest of Whydah the Dahomeyans were brought in contact with a people of serpent worshippers, and ended by adopting from them the beliefs which they at first despised. At Whydah, the chief centre, there is a serpent temple, tenanted by some fifty snakes.
From Prevost, Histoire generale des voyages.
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