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Great Benin; its customs, art and horrors (1903)

Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925 · Halifax, Eng., F. King & Sons, ltd. · leaf 123

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the face, but sit cowering, aswe upon our knees, so they upon their buttocks with their elbows upontheir knees, and their hands before their faces, not looking u]) until the kingcommand them. And when they are coming toward the king, as far as they doe seehim, they do shew such reverence, sitting… … Fig. 105. Bronze group apparent!}-representingsome ceremon\. Comparethe mitred men with the individual infig. 134, and note Nyendaels remarksregarding the shields (fig. 134).

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