Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925 · Halifax, Eng., F. King & Sons, ltd. · leaf 182
ichthe superabundant humidity passes off. In the centre is some fetish, either a cone ofclay, one foot high, with a central aperture set with cowries, or a pot of water halfburied in the ground (p. 278). Then continuing, he describes a chiefs house inBenin as follows : The house, however, was by no… … 0 o G u c V-c O oa, So u 3O and windowless store-closets, the latter always leading out of the sitting-room. Theatrium prepared for us had been freshly smeared. Like all others it had its house-hold gods, three rude wooden images of turkeys^ with drooping wings, disposed in 1 Compare this…
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