12214. OrNr. 22 137. Wide, leaf-shaped, openwork blade. Transverse large ring handle. Repair irons applied to both sides in several places. Braided bars in the hilt partially detached. Overall badly damaged and broken, partly old mended (Ugie Erha Oba-Fest). "The main ceremony is a lavish affair. Chiefs wear their most expensive costumes and dance with a ceremonial sword, eben, each trying to outdo the others in elegance and grace. The king wears his most elaborate beaded outfit and he, too dances with an eben - the highlight of the ceremony - before his father's altar. (85) LIT Pitt-Rivers 1976: pl XLII, 326, 327 - Bronze pl XLIII, 328, 329 - Eisen Ben Amos. 1980: The Art of Benin. London