Citations:executioneresses

English citations of executioneresses

• 1874, J. Alfred Skertchly, Dahomey as It Is‎^[1]:

  Twelve umbrellas, covering as many Bo-fetische priestesses, followed by two brass shields, a large drum, two large scimitar-shaped blades, fretted as usual, and having skulls on the hilts, eighteen Bo Kpo in red avo, six executioneresses in leaopard cloths of yellow with black spots, silver horns and bracelets; a number of black affairs like Highlanders' targets, and five flags.