Plaque: Man with eben.

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EDO PEOPLE Anonymous: Ebens (fanlike swords) were carried on ceremonial occasions and held high and twirled as a gesture of repect to the ruler. The vertical scarification marks on the figure's torso indicate he is an Edo citizen. He is a chief as indicated by the pendant on his left hip. Plaques once covered the walls of the royal palace of Benin.

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