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[338].1897年，贝宁武士杀死了几名英国军官后，英国人发动了一场“惩罚性征讨”。城市与宫殿被毁，黄铜雕像被英国人掳掠。黄铜饰板和雕像后来被带回欧洲，如今有许多都存放在大英博物馆中。David Olusoga, First Contact: The Cult of Progress (London, 2018).
[339].Olfert Dapper, Description de l’Afrique (Amsterdam, 1686), pp.308——313.This section is translated and cited in Paula BenAmos, The Art of Benin (London, 1995), p.32.
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