Male and female warriors of Dahomey
Male and female warriors of Dahomey. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. From 'The living races of mankind, a popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts and ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world' by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston and Henry Neville Hutchinson (1902)., by PHOTOSTOCK-ISRAEL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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