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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 218

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Fig. 225.—Back view offragment of carved ivory sis-trum (fig. 224.) Fig 224 .—Fragment of carvedivory sistrum. Carved Wovh. 205 moreover, accounting to some extent for the loss of prestige and ultimate withdrawalof both Portuguese and Dutch from Benin city. The figures are bold and lifelike,even…

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