Figs. 108 and 109.—Brass implement, resembling a bill-hook. The edge is on the convex side and the concave side is blunt. It is pierced with five holes and engraved with hatchings in Benin style, in which are included two stars, a cross, and three crocodiles.
Fig. 110.—Iron execution sword, 3 feet 1 inch long, hilt and pommel of brass, with copper inlaid ornamentation. The grip bound with brass wire. It is single-edged, the edge being on the convex side. It resembles the swords engraved on the circular shield, Fig. [102], one on each side of the broad leaf-shaped sword. This kind of sword is held in the hands of warriors on two plaques in this collection, Fig. [254], Plate XXXIII, and Fig. [291], Plate XXXVIII. It is also seen on the carved cocoa-nut, Fig. [220], Plate XXX, and elsewhere. It is rudely forged.
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Fig. 111.—Bronze ægis, representing a chief standing with attendants holding up his hands in a manner similar to Figs. [76-78], Plate XII, and Figs. [167 and 168], Plate XXVIII. Frogs between the feet. Cylindrical spikes on head-dresses.
Fig. 112.—Bronze ægis, representing man on horseback to left, wearing single-edged sword with guard. A ranseur of the sixteenth or seventeenth century in right hand, point down. The hair is straight and combed out, and may probably represent a white man. The chain bridle is held up in left hand. Small crotals with chains hang from the eyelets on the edge of the ægis. Pattern of fish-scales on ground similar to that on the brass bell, Fig. [73], Plate XII, and elsewhere.