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View full screenHip pendant of cast brass/bronze, U-shaped royal triad of an Oba (King) standing flanked by his two attendants, wearing official regalia of deep coral neckbands and patterned kilts with three frogs below, which refer to the Oba's dual identity as Olokun the water god: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin
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Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Western Africa
Benin
Olokun
British Punitive Expedition to Benin City, 1897
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