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  • Bronze Benin head, Nigeria
  • Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
  • Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
  • Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
  • Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
  • Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
  • Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
  • Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
  • Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
  • Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
  • Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
  • Benin: a woman and child with braided hairstyles. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • International conference on population development in Benin. Lithograph by L'Association Béninoise pour la Promotion de la Famille, 1994.
  • International conference on population development in Benin. Lithograph by L'Association Béninoise pour la Promotion de la Famille, 1994.
  • International conference on population development in Benin. Lithograph by L'Association Béninoise pour la Promotion de la Famille, 1994.
  • Benin (Dahomey): men holding staffs made of human skulls with plumes of horsehair. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski (?), 19--.
  • Benin: a healing ceremony during which patients are swept with brooms after their illness has been driven into some chickens. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria: a grandee riding on horseback with his attendants; the beheading of a criminal; the use of retractable roofs in houses. Engraving, 1777.
  • Benin: a healing ceremony during which patients prepare for their illness to be driven into the chickens they are holding, who will then be sacrificed to the god Legba. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • Della sifilide ovvero del morbo gallico / di Girolamo Fracastoro libri III. Volgarizzati da Voncenzo Benini ... : A cui, oltre il testo latino, si aggiungono alcune annotazioni.
  • A woman points out of a car window as she sits next to her partner: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria, ca. 2000.
  • A woman points out of a car window as she sits next to her partner: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria, ca. 2000.
  • Ghana: a child holding an Akuaba doll. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • A baker is carrying a tray of pies on his head. Engraving by B. Smith, 1824, after W. Hogarth.
  • A woman enthroned on clouds is holding a rudder and keys, she is surrounded by four angels, two of which are holding a cornucopia; representing Providence. Stipple engraving by B. Smith after J.F. Rigaud.