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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 237

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brass plates or cupswhich have come down to us from those people. The heads in high relief on theinclined sides appear to be those of bullocks, pigs, and of some strange unknownanimal. The top and bottom edges as well as the peripheries of the openings areornamented with a double plait in low… … Fig. 259.—Bronze head of a horseman,with woolly hair represented by flat ringsIn the possession of Mr. R, K. Granville.Height 3iin. (89 cm.) 1 Crotals, or hawks bells, form quite a feature of Bini art, and appear in the most unlocked forarticles, either cast or suspended loose by links. 224 Great…

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