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Apapa Hoard

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The Apapa Hoard is an important collection of medieval bronze jewellery found at Apapa near Lagos, Nigeria. [1]

15 relations: Apapa, British Museum, Bronze Head from Ife, Bronze Head of Queen Idia, Gorget, Jewellery, Kingdom of Benin, Lagos, London, Nigeria, Owo, Pendant, Staff of office, Water well, Yoruba people.

Apapa

Apapa is a Local Government Area in Lagos, located to the west of Lagos Island.

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British Museum

The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.

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Bronze Head from Ife

The Bronze Head from Ife, or Ife Head, is one of eighteen copper alloy sculptures that were unearthed in 1938 at Ife in Nigeria, the religious and former royal centre of the Yoruba people.

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Bronze Head of Queen Idia

The Bronze Head of Queen Idia is a commemorative bronze head from mediaeval Benin that probably represents Queen Idia, who was a powerful monarch during the early sixteenth century at the Benin court.

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Gorget

A gorget, from the French meaning throat, was originally a band of linen wrapped around a woman's neck and head in the medieval period, or the lower part of a simple chaperon hood.

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Jewellery

Jewellery (British English) or jewelry (American English)see American and British spelling differences consists of small decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks.

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Kingdom of Benin

The Kingdom of Benin, also known as the Benin Kingdom, was a pre-colonial kingdom in what is now southern Nigeria.

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Lagos

Lagos is a city in the Nigerian state of Lagos.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Owo

Owo is a city in Ondo State of Nigeria.

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Pendant

The word pendant derives from the Latin word pendere and Old French word pendr, both of which translate to "to hang down".

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Staff of office

A staff of office is a staff, the carrying of which often denotes an official's position, a social rank or a degree of social prestige.

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Water well

A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring, or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers.

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Yoruba people

The Yoruba people (name spelled also: Ioruba or Joruba;, lit. 'Yoruba lineage'; also known as Àwon omo Yorùbá, lit. 'Children of Yoruba', or simply as the Yoruba) are an ethnic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apapa_Hoard

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