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Owina n'ido
The owina n'ido were the hereditary guild of weavers in the Benin Empire. Like the bronze-casters and ivory-carvers, they belonged to a system of royal craft guilds holding monopolies on particular luxury goods. These guilds produced chiefly for the Oba's court.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Owina n'ido. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/owina-nido
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- “Owina n'ido.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/owina-nido. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Owina n'ido.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/owina-nido.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Owina n'ido’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/owina-nido (Accessed: ).
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