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The Colosseum / Coliseum, Rome aka the Flavian Amphitheatre and Amphitheatrum Flavium as it was in 1889 - Interior & exterior views Stock Photo
RMM1P7P7–The Colosseum / Coliseum, Rome aka the Flavian Amphitheatre and Amphitheatrum Flavium as it was in 1889 - Interior & exterior views
Scepter, late 1800s-early 1900s. Used by male chiefs, ivory scepters were both symbols of status that indicated worldly authority and religious emblems that suggested supernatural influence. In Yombe society until the early 1900s, the aggressive side of a chief’s authority was dramatized in spectacular public executions. These scepters depict a chief enthroned on the bound body of a criminal destined for such a death. The use of ivory implies that the chief has the fatal power of an elephant. His hairstyle most likely derives from that worn by Portuguese sailors, and he chews a bitter r Stock Photo
RM2A523KT–Scepter, late 1800s-early 1900s. Used by male chiefs, ivory scepters were both symbols of status that indicated worldly authority and religious emblems that suggested supernatural influence. In Yombe society until the early 1900s, the aggressive side of a chief’s authority was dramatized in spectacular public executions. These scepters depict a chief enthroned on the bound body of a criminal destined for such a death. The use of ivory implies that the chief has the fatal power of an elephant. His hairstyle most likely derives from that worn by Portuguese sailors, and he chews a bitter r
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