A soldierly and dignified figure despite his bare feet, and a born
fighting man, this is an Askari trooper of the squadron of a native
cavalry included in the special African corps in Eritrea that is a
substantive part of the Italian army
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This is one of the old imperial horns, modelled from a choice tusk by
a Mangbettu craftsman, in the days when the carvers formed a small,
close caste credited with supernatural powers. Any outsider trying to
compete with them was in grave danger of being sentenced to be eaten
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