TBC_Iviekpen-member
Members of the Iviekpen, the guild of leopard hunters, are part of the Iwebo palace society. Members of this guild were responsible for the Ọba’s wardrobe and were tasked with hunting and capturing leopards for the Ọba.
Representations of leopard hunters occur most frequently on Ama-Ẹrọnmwọn (bronze relief plaques) dating from the 16th to the mid-17th centuries. They are depicted wearing distinctive helmets made from an unidentified material and carrying bows and arrows. In some representations, leopard hunters carry small leopards, while in others they are accompanied by motifs of bound or captured leopards ( ). On Aken'ni Elao (carved tusks), leopard hunters are depicted only once. argued that this representation is a direct translation of the imagery found on the Ama-Ẹrọnmwọn.
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