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Benin Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria ed. Barbara Plankensteiner Vienna: Snoeck Publishers, 2007. 535 pp., 1 map, 500 illustrations, bibliography. 49 [euro] (paper).

Benin Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria, edited by Barbara Plankensteiner with contributions from an all-star cast of scholars of Benin art and history from three continents, accompanies an exhibition by the same name that opened on May 8, 2007, in Vienna. Exhibit and book have been in the works since 2002, when Plankensteiner and her cohorts arrived in Benin City to open discussion ...

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