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3. Benin art extravaganza show thingy guide to symbols in Benin art Hiya, this is me own work and I did it all by my own My name is fred and my mobile number is 458934702357 and I live at 45 Goo Lane, Arborfield

4. Benin Art AFRICA This is all mine

5. benin Did you know that daffodils are really expensive in benin nowadays? But flowers we think are expensive grow like weeds.

6. My picture of a Benin head

7. Tribal Art Nigeria The powerful ancient Benin kingdom was founded by the son of an Ife king in the early 14th century AD. It was situated in the forest area of southern Nigeria, 106 miles southeast of Ife. The kingdom reached its maximum size and artistic splendor in the 15th and 16th century. It was really important and lots of things happened and there was some stuff to do with some other stuff but I forgot what it was so I cant tell you much about it really but you could ask my friend Peter cos he knows about it cos his mum took him to the British museum but he really wanted to go to the gift shop and spend his pocket money and not spend AGGGGGGEEEEESSSSSS standing in the African section looking at masks cos he is only in Year 2 and they are looking at dragons at the moment and aren’t supposed to be looking at benin and he really wanted to buy a medal at the gift shop and he says he has forgotten and now he wants to play chess on this computer cos he thinks he can beat me but I doubt it cos I used to go to chess club at my old school and I did win at least one game but the person I played against was only 4 and didn’t know the rules.

8. What are the significance of leopards in Benin Art? Bronze Leopard

9. Animals Animals are symbols of gods or spirits. Animals are also often used to symbolise the Oba’s powers. Crocodiles and snakes are symbols of Olokun, the god of the waters, who the Oba was believed to be very close to. Crocodiles are called the ‘policemen of the waters’ and snakes, too, were said to have been sent by Olokun to punish wicked people and protect good people. It is said that an ancient king of Benin once defeated the sea-god Olokun in a wrestling match on the beach and took from him the coral which the kings have used for their regalia ever since. Mudfish are often shown on plaques because they hop in and out of the water in the coastal mangrove swamps, and are at home on land as well as in the sea, in the same way that the king has authority over both domains.

10. What do you observe on this plate? The figure on the plate wears a typical 16 th century European costume, with steel helmet, manilla, and he probably carries a flintlock gun. Guns were new to the people of West Africa when the Portuguese arrived. So Africans traded them from Europeans and learnt to make them for themselves, to help them in their wars against other peoples who still only had hand weapons or bows and arrows.

11. Doughnut recipes Recipes for doughnut lovers. Leopard The leopard usually represents the Ọba himself. If the leopard is collared it represents the tame animals the king kept at court

12. BRITISH MUSEUM MUSEUM IN OXFORD (OR WAS IT READING? NOT SURE) AN AMERICAN MUSEUM SOME BOOK I FOUND BEHIND THE SHELVING IN MISS COOKE’S ROOM WITH A DEAD SPIDER SITTING NEXT TO IT Bibliography