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Was the Report of James Welsh (1588) the First Account of Afro-Portuguese Ivory Carving in Benin City?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2014

Stefan Eisenhofer
Stefan Eisenhofer*
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Institut für Völkerkunde und Afrikanistik, Munich
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History in Africa , Volume 21 , 1994 , pp. 409 - 412
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1994

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