Picture No | 10150400 |
Date | 18th century |
Description | BENIN WIFE PUNISHED |
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When one of the wives of the King of Ouidah, Dahomey (now Benin) has a fling, she and her lover are punished, he by being roasted alive, she by being buried alive.
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Source | Engraving by Chedel from a French source. |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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