Nigeria: Bronze figurine of an Edo warrior with hunting leopard, Benin Kingdom.

Bronze figurine of an Edo warrior with hunting leopard from the court of Benin, Nigeria, 16th century. The Benin Empire (1440–1897) was a pre-colonial African state in what is now modern Nigeria. It is not to be confused with the modern-day country called Benin (and formerly called Dahomey).

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Benin