¡Hay un batracio en mi sopa! Un motivo tradicional del Golfo de Guinea (África) en la cerámica de Santa Fe la Vieja, Argentina
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2013
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Centro de Estudios de Arqueología Histórica. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Universidad Nacional de Rosario
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El motivo ornamental de la serpiente a punto de atrapar una rana que canta descuidada, es tradicional en la literatura oral y la cerámica del Golfo de Guinea (actuales repúblicas de Togo y Benin) al menos desde el siglo XVII, cuando surge el Reino de Dahomey. Su presencia en un plato de la ciudad de Santa Fe la Vieja (también siglo XVIXVII) y en el sitio “Los Zapallos” del Aº de Leyes reafirma la idea de la presencia de esclavos de esa procedencia en Santa Fe entre los años 1620 y 1670. Se dan a conocer los materiales, y se discuten sus relaciones.
The ornamental motif of the snake just about to catch a distracted singing frog is traditional in oral literature and ceramics in the Gulf of Guinea (current republics of Togo and Benin), at least from the XVII century, when the Dahomey Kigdom arose. Its presence on a plate belonging to the city of “Santa Fe la Vieja” (also in the XVI and XVII centuries) and in the site “Los Zapallos” nearby the Leyes stream reaffirms the idea of the presence of slaves from that provenance in Santa Fe between the years 1620 and 1670. The different materials are reported and their relationships are discussed.
The ornamental motif of the snake just about to catch a distracted singing frog is traditional in oral literature and ceramics in the Gulf of Guinea (current republics of Togo and Benin), at least from the XVII century, when the Dahomey Kigdom arose. Its presence on a plate belonging to the city of “Santa Fe la Vieja” (also in the XVI and XVII centuries) and in the site “Los Zapallos” nearby the Leyes stream reaffirms the idea of the presence of slaves from that provenance in Santa Fe between the years 1620 and 1670. The different materials are reported and their relationships are discussed.
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Esclavitud, Cerámica afroamericana, Dahomey, Santa Fe la Vieja, Slavery, Afroamerican ceramics