Author:

Roese, Peter M  Search this

Smith, Ronald Bishop  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Subject:

British Punitive Expedition, 1897  Search this

Type:

Articles

Sources

Place:

Nigeria

Benin (Kingdom)

Date:

2000

Notes:

Illustrations.

Report on breech-loading cannons captured in Benin City during the British Punitive Expedition in 1897. Includes discussion of when and how this artillery arrived in Benin, whether the Benin smiths and casters ever made cannons, and what ritual significance this ordnance acquired.

Topic:

Weapons, Bini  Search this

Ordnance  Search this

Firearms  Search this

Crossbows  Search this

Cannons (Artillery)  Search this

History  Search this

Civilization  Search this

Portuguese influences  Search this

Call number:

GN37.P8 N21

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_751692