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- ↑ Girshick, Paula Ben-Amos; Thornton, John (2001). "Civil War in the Kingdom of Benin, 1689-1721: Continuity or Political Change?". The Journal of African History. 42 (3): 353–376. doi:10.1017/S0021853701007915. hdl:2022/3613. ISSN 0021-8537. JSTOR 3647167. S2CID 145691565.
- ↑ www.metmuseum.org https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/317781 . Retrieved 2023-01-22.
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