Two Benin bronze busts of Queen Idia, Nigeria, Queen Mother ...
Two Benin bronze busts of Queen Idia, Nigeria, Queen Mother of the Benin Empire, her tall coiffure covered in a simulated coral beaded net, the eyebrows scarified, and with a necklace around her long neck, 26cm, on wood stands; a Benin bronze bust of an Oba (King), wearing a bifurcated crown with scarification marks to the skull, the neck and chest with plain band necklaces, 30.5cm
Footnote: The collection of Eric Mayes.
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Two Benin bronze busts of Queen Idia, Nigeria, Queen Mother of the Benin Empire, her tall coiffure covered in a simulated coral beaded net, the eyebrows scarified, and with a necklace around her long neck, 26cm, on wood stands; a Benin bronze bust of an Oba (King), wearing a bifurcated crown with scarification marks to the skull, the neck and chest with plain band necklaces, 30.5cm
Footnote: The collection of Eric Mayes.
