These would be a couple of warriors from the ninth century AD. The dude on the left would be a Norse Viking from Scandinavia whereas the one on the right would be an Igbo from southeastern Nigeria in West Africa. During the ninth century, while the Vikings were going around on their infamous raids, ancestral Igbo people were producing some of the earliest and most exquisite bronze artworks in West African history, as shown by artifacts uncovered at the archaeological site of Igbo-Ukwu.
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