Four-panel engraving: a musical bow hangs from a tree, a standing figure plays a mouth bow, a large drum stands on the ground, and a seated figure plays a drum.

African musical instruments, engraving by Bernard Picart atelier, 1728

Four-panel engraving of African musical instruments: a musical bow with a gourd resonator hangs from a tree, and a standing figure in a wrapped white cloth plays a mouth bow. Below, a large pot-shaped drum stands on the ground beside a bare-chested seated figure in a headwrap who plays another drum.

Artist: atelier van Bernard Picart
Date: 1728
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Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 2480 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1728.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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