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Description: Close-up of Msiri's compound at Bunkeya. The objects on top of the four poles, around which some of Msiri's warriors are gathered, are heads of his enemies. More skulls are on the stakes forming the stockade. (Image has been cropped - SEE ALSO Image:Msiris compound.jpg for uncropped, wider version).
Title: Heads on poles
Credit: http://collin.francois.free.fr/Le_tour_du_monde/textes/Katenga/Gravures/gravure267.jpg
Author: Magazine illustration by Edouard_Riou, died 1900. Published by Charton (died 1890) in 'Tour du Monde' Magazine, 1892-3, now in the public domain (see www.collin.francois.free.fr)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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