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Collected By: Townsend
Region: Dahomey/ Yoruba nations, West Africa
Description: Dahomey kingdom. Republic of Benin. Membrane missing. Painted down one side: “DAHOMEAN WAR DRUM. Taken in the fight before ABBEOKUTA, W AFRICA when the town was besieged by the Amazonian Army of the King of Dahome. 1864”. The siege was over in a day, on 15th March 1864. Collected by Townsend himself, as he helped to defend Abeokuta.
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