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This record was last updated on 27 Dec 2012
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Image Reference
Pommegorge1
Source
Antoine Edward Pruneau de Pommegorge, Description de la Nigritie (Amsterdam and Paris, 1789), Fold out engraving, facing p. 191.
Comments
Captioned, "Cérémonie de l'Anniversaire de la mort du Pere du Roi des Dahomets" (Ceremony of the Anniversary of the death of the father of King of Dahomey). Note European visitors (slave traders ?) seated on the platform (right side); king in foreground. The ceremony is described on pp. 190-193.
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