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Li Kung-Lin (1049-1106) N-Sung Painter
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Also called Li Lung Mien
Mostly taken out of Zanzibar its history and its people (Ingrams)
He painted a scene in a set of 5 called : " Foreign and strange lands." which has the following text
This medieval painting of East Africa was put for sale in London in 1913 for 50 British pounds. The text accompanyng the painting (but not the painting itself) consequently appeared in Probsteins catalog of 1913. I do not know where the painting is today.
The K'un lun Ts'eng K'i country
In the south west parts adjoining is an island in the sea. This land possesses a huge bird.
You may cut the quills of their wings to make water-carrying utensils out of them. Moreover they are black bodied wild men, if you entice them with food you barter as many as you like to do work (as slaves) for the foreign trader.