Benin ivory mask (Queen Mother Idia)
An ivory portrait of Queen Mother Idia; it became the emblem of FESTAC '77
- Style
- Ife and Benin bronzes — Brass heads and plaques: Ife naturalism and Benin's court chronicle in metal
- Century
- 16th century
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