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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 184

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mself, the Oro grove and the horrid purposes to which it is put, I must refer thereader to any work on the mythology of Yoruba R.B. See chapter on Fetish.2 This was probably a large standard lamp (see fig. 125). 170 Great Benin—Its Custojiis, Art and Horrors. small wooden settle serving for a… … > xi OhrtuboO -MO a, 6ou fa U 0 3 o xi 0) aB fa superior to the palace, the atviimi large, spacious, freshly glazed, and perfectly clean,the altars inlaid with cowries and porcelain platters, and filled with carved wood andivories, and fine mats spread out in the alcoves (p. 416). 1 • Big men,…

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