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<p>[QUOTE="Brian Warshaw, post: 2800484, member: 16674"]In the 1980's I visited the museum at Benin, set in the middle of a roundabout. The exhibits were magnificent, the workmanship exquisite until one got up closer and could read the card, 'Copy, original in the British Museum'. That occurred over and over, I don't recall a single bronze being the original. Many photographs of the British army razing the city, soldiers with their arms full of booty.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I left, at the door was a visiter's book, which I signed. The previous British Citizen to sign it a nurse, two years previous.</p><p><br /></p><p>A sad occasion.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to your trophy, put in the research and discover it's background; how did it get to the USA? The research is the best part of having these possessions, one doesn't just want to glance at them now and again, or worse, not even notice them. Good luck, enjoy the head.</p><p><br /></p><p>And now I need your help. How did you load the photographs?</p><p><br /></p><p>Brian Warshaw, France[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Brian Warshaw, post: 2800484, member: 16674"]In the 1980's I visited the museum at Benin, set in the middle of a roundabout. The exhibits were magnificent, the workmanship exquisite until one got up closer and could read the card, 'Copy, original in the British Museum'. That occurred over and over, I don't recall a single bronze being the original. Many photographs of the British army razing the city, soldiers with their arms full of booty. When I left, at the door was a visiter's book, which I signed. The previous British Citizen to sign it a nurse, two years previous. A sad occasion. As to your trophy, put in the research and discover it's background; how did it get to the USA? The research is the best part of having these possessions, one doesn't just want to glance at them now and again, or worse, not even notice them. Good luck, enjoy the head. And now I need your help. How did you load the photographs? Brian Warshaw, France[/QUOTE]
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