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Beninois leading a man from a hut to a place where he will be beheaded with a hatchet. Engraving with etching.
Wellcome Collection

Beninois leading a man from a hut to a place where he will be beheaded with a hatchet. Engraving with etching.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The manner of beheading criminals in the kingdom of Benin, the method of riding, and their method of building. Engraved for Middleton's complete system of geography

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