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The Benin people use beads as one of their most important ceremonial body ornaments. There are coral and stone beads, which came mostly from long distance trade. The bead workers of Benin kingdom are called Enisen and they specialise in the art of bead making, particularly the royal regalia. Different types of beads are also worn for various ceremonies. The greatest honour anyone can get in Benin kingdom and from the Oba is to be decorated with a bead, the Ikele - a symbol of nobility.
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