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60 Antique, Works of Art from Benin.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXX.

a in
217 and 218. Carved cocoa-nut, with carving representing European
Figs.
boat with spear in right hand and apparently a paddle in the left hand.
a palm-tree, with a kind of
and another cutting
Figure armed with hoe, has
chisel in the right hand and a bill-hook in the left. One of the figures
distinct buttons on the coat.
a native on a horse to left, hold-
219 to 221. Carved cocoa-nut, representing
Figs. down. Horse
ing up chain-bridle in left hand ; spear in right hand, point
a
ill-formed and indistinct. Another carving represents figure,
very t
in boat, holding spears point down. One of the figures is
apparently
a which Mr. Ling Roth describes as being similar
beating pressure drum,
to those of the modern Yorubas. The drum-sticks used by two of the
have curved heads and flat ends. A band of chevrons within
figures
chevrons are on the trousers of two figures. The marks oh the faces
consist of three lines radiating from the corners of the mouth, as in
90 and 91, Plate XV, and crosses on the cheeks. Tribal marks on
Figs.
faces. A native execution sword, similar to Fig. 110, Plate XVIII, and a
flint-lock gun are represented separately between the other figures. The
cocoa-nut is hung by a chain of European manufacture. The stopper
a human face on two Mr. H. in whose
represents supports. Ling Roth,
this a more detailed account of it in
possession object formerly was, gives
"
The Studio," December, 1898.
222. Small brass crotals with semicircular ornaments.
Fig.
223 and 224. Brass bracelet, ornamented with brass of rows of
Figs. representations
cowrie shells, in groups of nine.
225 and 226. Brass of unknown use, ornamented on the outside with
Figs. object
three half-moons and a floral pattern in incised lines, similar to that on
76 to 78, Plate XII
the brass sistrum, Figs. ; the brass box, Fig. 182,
Plate XXVII, and the 281 and 282,
large quadrangular bell, Figs.
Plate XXXVII. The half-moons are inlaid or plated in copper on the
brass. The edges of the object are ornamented with a band of plain

guilloche pattern incised. It is possible that this might be a degenerate
representation of a double-coiled mud-fish, as shown on the bronze segis,
Fig. 276, Plate XXXVI, and on the bronze necklet, Fig. 158, Plate XXA^.
227. Necklet of and coral beads. Said to have to the of
Fig. agate belonged King
Benin.
228. Armlet of coral beads.
Fig.
229. Necklace of beads.
Fig. agate cylindrical