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32 Antique Works of Art from Benin.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XVI.

94 and 95. Bronze cast of human head. features. Three tribal marks
Figs. Negro
over each of inlaid with iron. Reticulated head-dress
eye. Pupils eyes
and rosettes of coral or similar to that in Plate XXI,
agate, represented
121. of rank. Twelve bands of coral and a band
Fig. Coral choker, badge
of hair from head-dress on each side.
apparently plaited hanging
Figs. 96 and 97. Human head in brass. Marked negro features, tattoed with dots
and above and below the Branch-like
hatchings eyes. figures, perhaps
coral, growing out of the eyes. Three tribal marks over each eye. Pupils
of inlaid with iron. Reticulated- head-dress and rosettes, of coral or
eyes
agate, similar to those represented in Plate XXI, Fig. 121. Peculiar
on each side of the feathers.
figures head-dress, perhaps representing
Coral choker, badge of rank. Bands of coral or agate hang down from the
head-dress at the sides and back of the head. On the base are
projecting
represented two leopards, an ox's head, and other animals, four arms and
hands, and a neolithic celt in front.