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the locks of the royal palace were more elaborate (and I think the nobles had these types too)

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=621900&partId=1&searchText=edo+lock&page=1
"A variety of brass keys are still used to lock palace rooms where valuable objects such as the king's regalia are stored. They are also employed to secure palace shrines, and especially those large quadrangles - only one of many still exists - more publicly accessible and that contain carved ivories, staffs"

Posted by TheAfricaTNSY (Member # 21727) on :

this is how an house looked like

Edo chiefs captured by the British in front of a traditional Benin City house

Posted by Tukuler (Member # 19944) on :

Excellent research! We've been missing
African Studies elements like these for
a long while now on ES.

Posted by Sundjata (Member # 13096) on :

^Indeed!