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182. Brass Lock of form and ornamenta-
Fig. obloug box, lid deficient. European
tion. Faces and sides of box ornamented with raised rosettes and incised
floral that on 76 to 78, Plate
designs resembling Figs. XII, Fig. 225,
Plate XXX, Fig. 282, Plate XXXVII, and Fig. 306, Plate XL. It has
four and is in
legs, European appearance.
Fig. 183. Wooden head-dress, with carved representations of animals on top. Said
to be from Benin, West Africa. It was brought over from West Africa
with things from Benin. It is similar in character to Figs. 176 and 177,
Plate XXVI. It is perhaps Jekri, see a paper by Messrs. Granville and
"
Ling Roth in the Journ. Anthrop. List." Vol. I, New Series, Plate VIII,
Fig. 3.