File:Ancestral shrine Royal Palace, Benin City, 1891 (cropped).jpg

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Earliest known photograph of Oba’s compound, Benin City, May 1891

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English: Earliest known photograph of Oba’s compound, Benin City, May 1891. Photo by Cyril Punch
Igbo: Foto kacha mara amara nke ogige Oba, Benin City, Mee 1891. Foto sitere na Cyril Punch
First published in Great Benin; its customs, art and horrors (1903) by H. Ling (Henry Ling) Roth (1854-1925)
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Source Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Author Cyril Punch (1857-1932)[1]
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