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Mask from Benin / 16th Century

West African, Benin, Nigeria, early 16th Century. Mask of an Iyoba. Ivory, 25cm high. London, British Museum.

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Mask from Benin / 16th Century

Caption:

West African, Benin, Nigeria, early 16th Century. Mask of an Iyoba. Ivory, 25cm high. London, British Museum.

Technique/material:

SCULPTURE • ARTS AND CRAFTS

Museum:

London, British Museum

Credit:

Album / akg-images / André Held

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Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:

2341 x 3364 px | 22.5 MB

Print size:

19.8 x 28.5 cm | 7.8 x 11.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • 2ND MILLENNIUM A. D. • AFRICAN ART • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANONYMOUS • ART • ARTEFACT • ARTIFACT = ARTEFACT • ARTIFACT • ARTS AND CRAFTS • ARTS • BENIN (TRIBE) • COLONIALISM • ETHNOLOGY • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • EUROPEANS • FACE • FOLKLORE • HANDCRAFT • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HIP MASK • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY AND POLITICS • HISTORY • HISTORY. • IVORY • IVORYCARVING • LEGEND • LONDON • LONDON, BRITISH MUSEUM • MASK (OBJECT) • NATIVE ART • NIGERIA • PEOPLES AND TRADITIONS • PHOTO OF OBJECT • PHOTOGRAPH • PHOTOGRAPHY • PLACES AND TRAVEL • PORTUGAL • QUEEN MOTHER • QUEEN • QUEENS • SCULPTURE • SEA ROUTE TO INDIA • TRADITIONAL CUSTOMS • TRIBAL ART • VISAGE • WEST AFRICA • XVI CENTURY