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Benin head helmet mask in bronze - Nigeria- African Art

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Benin head helmet mask in bronze - Nigeria- African Art

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Title: Benin head helmet mask in bronze - Nigeria- African Art Tribal Art

Date Period: Mid 20th century

Origin: Nigeria

Dimension: 17,72 Inch

Weight: 9,92 Pounds

Materials: Bronze

Item Type: Mask, helmet

Additional Information: Famous in benign art, bronzes were cast using the technique of lost wax. Benin art is described as a court art because it is closely associated with the king, known as oba. The tradition of Ifè's bronze classroom objects dates back to the 14th century.
The many bronze heads and statues created by the artists of Benin were reserved for the exclusive use of the inhabitants of the royal palace and, more often than not, placed on altars consecrated by each new oba, king of the ethnic group. These rectangular altars were surmounted by heads, statues, carved ivory tusks, bells and sticks. The commemorated Oba was subject to offerings in order to come into contact with his spirit. Another tradition also evokes the casting by the founders of the heads of defeated kings who had been beheaded. The effigy of the most valiant of them was sent as a warning to their successor. These heads are distinguished by their frontal scarifications characteristic of the neighbouring peoples of the Edo. (Source: "Benin", Armand Duchâteau)

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Benin head helmet mask in bronze - Nigeria- African Art

Name: Benin head helmet mask in bronze - Nigeria- African Art
SKU: 122490443
Price: 667 USD
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