Commemorative head of Queen Mother. Lost-wax cast in brass. life-size female head with curving conical hairstyle covered. Early 16th century. Benin. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.

16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • ADOLESCENCE • ADOLESCENT • AFRICA • AFRICAN ART • AFRICAN CONTINENT • AFRICAN • ANATOMY: HEAD • ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • BEADS • BENIN EMPIRE • BÉNIN • BONNET • BOY • BRASS AND BRONZE • BRASS CAST • BRASS • BRITISH MUSEUM • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE • BRONZES • BUST (SCULPTURE) • BUST • CAP • CARVING • CHILD • CICATRIX • CITY OF LONDON • COIFFURE • COLLAR • COMMEMORATIVE HEAD • COMMEMORATIVE • CONIC • CONICAL • CORAL BEADS • COURT • COVER • EDO KINGDOM • EDO STATE • EDO • ETHNIC GROUP • ETHNICITIES • ETHNICITY • FACE • FEMALE • FEMALE. • FEMALES • HAIR FASHION • HAIR STYLE • HAIR STYLING • HAIRSTYLE • HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT • HAT • HATS • HAT    • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HEADDRESS • HEADGEAR • HERM, BUST • HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS • HUMAN FIGURE • IDIA • JUGEND • JUVENILE • KINGDOM OF BENIN • LID • LONDON CITY • LONDON • LONDON. • LOST WAX • LOST-WAX CAST • MONARCHY • MUJER • MUJERES • NECK RING • NECKLACE • NECKLACES • NETWORK OF BEADS • POINTED HEAD-DRESS • POINTED HEADDRESS • QUEEN MOTHER • RUFF • RULER • SCAR • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • SCULPTURES • SCUPTURE • SOCIETY • STATUA • STATUE • STATUES • SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA • TEENAGER • VISAGE • WEST AFRICAN • WOMAN WOMEN • WOMAN'S • WOMAN • WOMAN. • WOMANS • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS • XVI CENTURY • YOUNG PERSON • YOUNG WOMAN • YOUNG • YOUNGSTER • YOUTH