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Was the Report of James Welsh (1588) the First Account of Afro-Portuguese Ivory Carving in Benin City?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2014

Stefan Eisenhofer*
Affiliation:
Institut für Völkerkunde und Afrikanistik, Munich

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Copyright © African Studies Association 1994

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