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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 63

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Fig. 51- Fi2. Figs. 51 & 52.—Bronze Plaques in British Museum. The turned upfish legs of the central individual in fig. 51, and the fish from the belt ofthe individual in fig. 52, would seem to indicate fetish, and hence theseindividuals are probably intended to represent a king of Benin. The…

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