Negro heads,'Negro heads with punishments for intoxication and dirt-eating'. There are representations of two of the 'various tribes of the west coast of Africa'. 'The tin collar is a punishment for drunkenness in females'. 'The mask is used as a punishment and preventive of the practice of dirt-eating ...' Image taken from West India Scenery,with illustrations of negro character,the process of making sugar,&c,from sketches taken during a voyage to,and residence of seven years in,the island of Trinidad. Plates,with accompanying text.. Originally published in R. Jennings & Co.: London,1836?. Author Richard Bridgens,Illustrated by Richard Bridgens |