Wooden walking stick with chameleon handle with silver collar bearing the inscription “From the King of Dahomey to Captain R Burton 1863.” This was presumably Gelele, King of Dahomey, (acc. 1858, dep. 1894). Burton’s mission to him in this year is… read more
Dahomey, Africa
2 Archivistische beschrijving results for Dahomey, Africa
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GB 891 RB-RB/6-RB/6/2
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Bestanddeel
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1863
Part of Papers of Richard Francis Burton
GB 891 RB
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Archief
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1821-2013
The material within this collection comprises of correspondence and publications by and about Richard Francis Burton and his wife Isabel Burton (nee Arundell). There are also two photographs of Burton and artefacts.
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