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Bandanese ball game

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Bandanese ball game

Anoniem / Anonymous

Depiction of ten lightly dressed men in a circle with two balls flying through the air. Europeans look on.

According to the index in 'Begin ende Voortgang', the title of the illustration reads: Haere maniere van met den bal te spelen.

Cf. Universiteitsbibliotheek, Universiteit van Amsterdam, inv. nr. O 60 641, p. 27.

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Sources and literature

Commelin, Isaac, Begin ende Voortgangh / van de Vereenighde Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie: Vervatende De Voornaemste Reysen / by de Inwoonderen derselver Provincien derwaerts gedaen. (1646)