Offerings of oil. Each box is preceded by dammar angenan. Oil in an egg is lit after the ceremony. When the light goes out the soul has reached heaven. This end should be gradual; if abrupt this is not a good sign. There is one lamp per person, so about 15 here.
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Toc toc c’est moi (Knock knock who’s there) music written for the Dipano zither, circa 1975
object | ARC/HMG/CM/007/C/QUARTERMANALAN/001
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Loading cocoa bags into boats, Benin/Owo Road
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/546/012
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Photograph of the Natural History Gallery, view from the north of the balcony at the south end, circa 1912
object | ARC/HMG/PH/NHG/MBP15
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Fruit sellers, Kongi
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/559/014
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