Rattle staff
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In the Benin kingdom of southern Nigeria, rattle staffs, or ukhurhe, are an essential feature of Benin ancestral altars, whether for kings, chiefs, or commoners. These staffs have a hollow rattle chamber near the summit, and they are shaken while uttering prayers at the altars to…
Rattle Staff: Oba Akenzua I Standing on an Elephant (Ukhurhe)
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In the Benin kingdom of southern Nigeria, rattle staffs, or ukhurhe, are an essential feature of Benin ancestral altars, whether for kings, chiefs, or commoners. These staffs have a hollow rattle chamber near the summit, and they are shaken while uttering prayers at the altars to…
Altar figure (onílé)
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Altar figure (onílé)
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[Ceremonial instructions for witchcraft(?) in Arabic]
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1 leaf (24 lines) : 163 x 106 mm (130 x 80 cm) Arabic manuscript hand written on paper with apparently magic diagrams From a framed set of various manuscript leaves of various scripts with caption "Found in monastery, Nigeria, N. Africa, by British expedition. Supposedly written…
[Christian(?) prayer in Arabic]
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1 leaf (24 lines) : 163 x 106 mm (130 x 80 cm) Arabic manuscript hand written on paper. Black script with red pointing From a framed set of various manuscript leaves of various scripts with caption "Found in monastery, Nigeria, N. Africa, by British expedition. Supposedly written…
[Muslim prayer in Arabic]
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1 leaf (13 lines) : 126 x 103 mm (97 x 68 cm) Elegant Arabic manuscript hand written on paper in red and black From a framed set of various manuscript leaves of various scripts with caption "Found in monastery, Nigeria, N. Africa, by British expedition. Supposedly written 300 to…
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