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ABOUT THIS BOOK -- Augustus Pitt-Rivers, the first "Inspector of Ancient Monuments in Great Britain, Etc.," was a noted military leader, ethnographer, and archaeologist. In the very end of the 19th century, there was a British military "punitive expedition" into Benin City, which, according to Pitt-Rivers was a "city of blood," full of disorder and sullied by the practices of human sacrifice. The British found a great quantity of "Juju" (Western African) artifacts and, as was customary for the Empire at this time, appropriated them. Many of them ended up in the hands of private buyers while a great number of them found their way to the British Museum. This book meticulously records this treasure trove of Benin cultural history. BOOK DETAILS -- This is a facsimile reprint of the privately-printed 1900 edition. Hacker Arts has done a very fine job with this reprint. It is a large format hardback of 100 pp of quality stock with 50 b&w plates consisting of 393 well-photographed artifacts w
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- PublisherHacker Art Books
- Publication date1971
- ISBN 10 0878170170
- ISBN 13 9780878170173
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages100
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