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African sculpture. A descriptive catalog by
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The capital city of the kingdom, also called Benin, was sacked by the British in what is commonly called the British Punitive Expedition. In 1897 the British wished to send an envoy to the King of Benin and were refused for that particular time period as it conflicted with a ceremony to which outsiders were barred. The British, ignoring the King's objections as to the time period, sent the envoy anyway resulting in an attack on the entourage with the death of members of the mission. In retaliation...
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The capital city of the kingdom, also called Benin, was sacked by the British in what is commonly called the British Punitive Expedition. In 1897 the British wished to send an envoy to the King of Benin and were refused for that particular time period as it conflicted with a ceremony to which outsiders were barred. The British, ignoring the King's objections as to the time period, sent the envoy anyway resulting in an attack on the entourage with the death of members of the mission. In retaliation...
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