Figs. 225 and 226.—Brass object of unknown use, ornamented on the outside with three half-moons and a floral pattern in incised lines, similar to that on the brass sistrum, Figs. [76 to 78], Plate XII; the brass box, Fig. [182], Plate XXVII, and the large quadrangular bell, Figs. [281 and 282], Plate XXXVII. The half-moons are inlaid or plated in copper on the brass. The edges of the object are ornamented with a band of plain guilloche pattern incised. It is possible that this might be a degenerate representation of a double-coiled mud-fish, as shown on the bronze ægis, Fig. [276], Plate XXXVI, and on the bronze necklet, Fig. [158], Plate XXV.
Fig. 227.—Necklet of agate and coral beads. Said to have belonged to the King of Benin.
Fig. 228.—Armlet of coral beads.
Fig. 229.—Necklace of agate cylindrical beads.