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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).
Source

http://collin.francois.free.fr/Le_tour_du_monde/textes/Katenga/Gravures/gravure267.jpg
Date

Original published 1892, downloaded from website 30 April 2007.
Author

Magazine illustration by Edouard_Riou, died 1900. Published by [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charton Édouard Charton (died 1890) in 'Tour du Monde' Magazine, 1892-3, now in the public domain (see www.collin.francois.free.fr)
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