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Post A Reply my profile | directory login | register | search | faq | forum home » EgyptSearch Forums » Deshret » How people in Benin City used to lock their doors » Post A Reply Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message Icon:                                                                       Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. [QUOTE]Originally posted by TheAfricaTNSY: [QB] this is how an house looked like [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lmXT67T.jpg?1[/IMG] Edo chiefs captured by the British in front of a traditional Benin City house [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XfwnikC.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]   Instant Graemlins Instant UBB Code™                                   What is UBB Code™? Options Disable Graemlins in this post.   T O P I C     R E V I E W TheAfricaTNSY Member # 21727 posted http://bildarchiv.frobenius-katalog.de/hzeig.FAU?sid=C4CC7894213&dm=1&ind=6&zeig=Benin+City 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"   TheAfricaTNSY Member # 21727 posted this is how an house looked like Edo chiefs captured by the British in front of a traditional Benin City house   Tukuler Member # 19944 posted Excellent research! We've been missing African Studies elements like these for a long while now on ES.   Sundjata Member # 13096 posted ^Indeed!   Contact Us | EgyptSearch! (c) 2015 EgyptSearch.com Powered by UBB.classic™ 6.7.3