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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 236

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i art.All these figures are in relief. The background is enchased with an elegant foliateddesign, somewhat Bornean in character. The back of the bell has a similar relief,excepting that the supporters are kneeling and turned towards the chief, while thechiefs legs are transformed into upturned… … Fig. 258.—Bronze leopard with spots represented by flat rings Liverpool Museum. other and holding a ring between them. The smaller bell is faced with a negro inhigh relief, shaking the rattle mentioned by D. R. (fig. 103). This man is dressedin one of the many costumes found on the Bini wall…

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