The platform of the Ah-Toh. This platform was used for human sacrificies. Dahomey and the Dahomans: being the journals of two missions to the King of Dahomey in London, 1851
Depiction found in book of Frederick E. Forbes
The Platform of the Ah-Toh, 2021
Appliqué textile
72 x 48 in.
182.9 x 121.9 cm
182.9 x 121.9 cm
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The composition of this image borrows from a detail of one of the engravings in Frederick Forbes’ book, 'Dahomey and the Dahomans,' in which a man holds a crocodile aloft...
The composition of this image borrows from a detail of one of the engravings in Frederick Forbes’ book, "Dahomey and the Dahomans," in which a man holds a crocodile aloft as part of a ritual. Crocodiles appear as a recurring motif in depictions of Dahomans and their female warriors.