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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 70

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s houses, and in addition to the noisethey make, perform some extraordinary feats in tumbling and gymnastics, for whichthey receive a few cowries. (p. 102). These people were egugns, the same as in Yoruba. They had roughly carvedheadpieces representing animals, and the rest of the head, body, hands…

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