This would be a young princess from the Empire of Mali, one of the mightiest civilizations of medieval West Africa. Although Islam was the official religion of Mali, they nonetheless retained many customs and beliefs of their pre-Islamic forerunners in the region. One visitor from Morocco, the prolific traveler Ibn Battuta, complained that many of the women in the Malian royal household, including the Mansa’s own daughters, went around naked. Not that I would blame them, since it can get really hot over there in West Africa!