Detail of statue of Gu, God of...
Detail of statue of Gu, God of War. Dahomey. From A SHORT HISTORY OF AFRICAN ART by Werner Gillon (Facts On File: $21.95; 405 pp., 257 black-and-white illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography and index).
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