Dahomey Collection

George Walker and Ada Overton Walker in In Dahomey
Miss Ada Overton Walker and Mr George Walker, performing " The Tsar of Dixie" a song in the play In Dahomey at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1903

Football Match at Porto Novo, Dahomey (Benin) between Nigeria (the British Army Colonial Service) and Dahomey (the French Colonial Army) - September, 1922. Date: 1922

Scenes from the islands of West Africa, 1820
Christopher Columbus in the Azores looking toward America 28, birds in the Canary Islands 29, and Napoleon Bonapartes prison Longwood House on St. Helena 30

George Walker and chorus in In Dahomey
George Walker, and other members of the cast dancing in, " In Dahomey" at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1903. The Tatler reports that the play was " produced with great success at Boston

In Dahomey at the Crown Theatre in Peckham
In Dahomey was a stage revue with an African American cast that toured Britain from 1903-1904 following a successful run in Londons West End. Date: 1904

A French cantiniere 1890
French cantiniere, named as Madame Vialar, striking a distinctly sassy pose which well displays her two medals; the military medal and the Crimean medal, during the first Franco-Dahomean War

Unusual corn bin, Dahomey (now Benin), West Africa
Unusual corn bin, Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin), West Africa. Made of earthenware, it was peculiar to the Konkombwa people of Tschopowa

Natives of the kingdom of Ardra (Benin). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843

FEAST OF TRIBUTES
DAHOMEY Victims are slaughtered to please the gods at the Feast of Tributes Date: 1890

SACRIFICE, DAHOMEY
At Dahomey, in the annual EK- QUE-NOO-AH-TOH-ME sacrifice of the annual HWAH-NOOEE-WHA festival, victims are seated in little boats and dropped from a height Date: 1876

WATCHING DAHOMEY SACRIF
DAHOMEY Europeans watch the sacrifice of captives and criminals, thankful they are not themselves the stars of the show Date: 1835

BASKET SACRIFICE, DAHOMEY
In the Basket Sacrifice of Dahomey, captives from other tribes are tied in a basket and thrown down from a tower to the eager crowd below... Date: circa 1860

FRENCH IN DAHOMEY
The French tricouleur is borne proudly into the smoking city of Abomey, Dahomey - Honneur aux braves soldats ! Vive la France ! Date: 1892

Agoliagbo, King of Dahomey
Agoliagbo, Twelfth King of Dahomey, African royalty - With his wives

Behanzin, The former King of Dahomey in exile
Behanzin, the Former king of Dahomey in exile in Algeria. Behanzin (1844-1906) is considered the eleventh King of Dahomey (now Benin). Upon taking the throne, he changed his name from Kondo

Aida Overton Walker (postcard)
Aida Overton Walker (1880-1914) African American vaudevillian and wife of George Walker. She was one of the stars of the stage revue In Dahomey which was produced in London in 1903. Date: 1903

Aida Overton Walker (1880-1914) African American vaudevillian and wife of George Walker. She was one of the stars of the stage revue In Dahomey which was produced in London in 1903. Date: 1903

Young man from Dahomey, Africa
Young man wearing traditional clothing, from Dahomey, Africa. Date: 1887

Interior of a Dindi Village, Benin, West Africa - note the spherical clay container on the left - used for storing water. Date: circa 1908

The Former king of Dahomey and his wives
Behanzin, the Former king of Dahomey and his wives in exile in Algeria. Behanzin (1844-1906) is considered the eleventh King of Dahomey (now Benin)

Dahomey / Native Revolt
(Now Benin.) Revolt of the natives suppressed by a French gun- boat. Date: 1892

Dahomey (modern Benin) - Ruins of Royal apartments
Dahomey (modern Benin) - The ruins of royal apartments at the Kings Palace destroyed by cannonballs at Abomey

Wharf at Cotonou, French Dahomey, West Africa
Wharf at the port of Cotonou, French Dahomey, West Africa. Date: circa 1907

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Dahomey. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Paris Exhibition of 1889 - Village of Dahomey - Wooden verandah building with tower. Part of Box 119 Boswell Collection. Date: 1889

Musician of Dahomey
A Kenikbah (harpist) of Dahomey, West Africa, dances while he plays the KAN-GRO, a simple hand-held harp-like instrument. Date: circa 1860

Dahomey / French Take Kana
Dahaomey, now called Benin. The French take Kana. Date: 1892

Sacrificed to Idol
DAHOMEY A native is sacrificed, slowly and uncomfortably, to please the idol in the nearby hut Date: 1905

Dahomey War (1892). Landings at Cotonou harbour
" Dahomey War (1892). Landings at Cotonou harbour of the French-Senegalese troops to fight the uprising of King Behanzin (May 1892)

Exposition Coloniale 1931
A procession of acrobats from Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin) at the Exposition Coloniale (Colonial Exhibition), held in Paris, from May to October 1931

Benin - Scenes & Places
The Republic of Benin (formerly Dahomey) - places depicted on the card are capital city Porto-Novo, a house of the indigenous population (one of whom is pictured in the inset oval)

Paris - Exposition Universale - Dahomey Exhibit. 50 million people visited the exhibition and there were 76, 000 exhibitors!

Lakeside Villages - Dahomey / Benin
Dahomey (modern-day Benin) - Lakeside Villages with traditional houses/huts built on stilts. Date: circa 1910s

Zagnanado, Benin (formerly Dahomey)
Wonderfully-decorated old Royal house at Zagnanado, Benin (formerly Dahomey), West Africa

Dahomey / Expedition
(Now Benin.) Colonel Hamilton and his men open fire

King of Dahomey Crowned
Coronation of the King of Whydah (Ouida), Dahomey (Benin), West Africa

Behanzin / Africa / Pj 1892
BEHANZIN King of Dahomey

Dahomey / New King / 1894
The French announce the new King of Dahomey (now Benin)

Dahomey Rebellion
Loyal Senegal troops land at Kotonov to help French quash Dahomey rebellion

Ballot (Explorer)
BALLOT French explorer in central and west Africa, administrator in Dahomey Date: flourished end 19th century

Alfred Amedee Dodds
ALFRED AMEDEE DODDS French general, active notably in Dahomey which he conquered and pacified

Dahomey Toy Amazons
Children of Dahomey play with toy Amazons

Wwi Dahomey Soldiers
Two soldiers from Dahomey serving with the French army during World War One

Dahomey Snake Worship
People of Dahomey sacrifice people and goods to their deity, the Grand Snake

Events / Africa / Dahomey
The French tricouleur is borne proudly into the smoking city of Abomey, Dahomey - Honneur aux braves soldats ! Vive la France ! Date: 1892

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