Benin mask

16th c. Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba. Ivory, iron, copper sculpture, created by artists of the Edo people for the Court of Benin, Nigeria. @The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Date: 16th century. Geography: Nigeria, Court of Benin. Culture: Edo peoples. Medium: Ivory, iron, copper (?). Dimensions: H. 9 3/8 x W. 5 x D. 3 1/4 in. (2...

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Queen Mother Idia of Benin created in the Kingdom of Benin during the 16th century is a true masterpiece. Read more about her history.

Mask, probably 16th century AD from Benin, Nigeria. Now to be seen in the British Museum, London, this mask was originally looted from the Oba's palace in Benin 1897, by the British in a “Punitive Expedition” when they attacked Benin City in a bid to control trade in the area. The British deposed the Oba (King) of Benin, burnt down his palace and looted the extenisve collection of Bronze and ivory objects from the palace. The Museum resolutely refuses to return their superb collection of…

Benin, one of the principal historic kingdoms of the western African forest region (fl. 13th–19th century). Tradition asserts that the Edo people became dissatisfied with the rule of a dynasty of semimythical kings, the ogisos, and in the 13th century they invited Prince Oranmiyan of Ife to rule

A 16th century Benin mask, whose image was famously used as the symbol of FESTAC ’77 (World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture) is about to be auctioned off at Sotheby’s in …