Een krijger op een slak – een beeldje uit Benin

On a website made on the occasion of an exhibition of Benin bronzes a picture was found of a warrior sitting on a snail. The picture shows a bronze statuette from Benin dating back to approximately 1900. It appears to refer to a Benin saga in which a magic snail produced an endless stream of sand – creating a vast land that could be reigned by the owner of the shell.