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8 Artworks

Commemorative head of an Oba, 17th century

Museum of Ethnography, Sweden

Edo peoples, Benin, Nigeria

Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba, 16th century

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Figure of an Edo King (Oba), 1620-1630

Artist Unavailable

Bowl, Late 19th century

Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Edo peoples, Kingdom of Benin, present-day Nigeria

Belt mask, 18th century

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Unidentified Artist(s) of the Igbesanmwan Carvers Guild

Tusk for the Royal Benin (Edo) Ancestral Shrine, 1851-1888

Plaque: Warrior chief with attendants, Edo peoples, 16th century

The British Museum, London

Artist Unavailable

Plaque, ca. 1550-1650 C.E.

Fowler Museum at UCLA

8 Artworks:

Commemorative head of an Oba, 17th century

Museum of Ethnography, Sweden

Figure of an Edo King (Oba), 1620-1630

Artist Unavailable

Plaque, ca. 1550-1650 C.E.

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Edo peoples, Kingdom of Benin, present-day Nigeria

Belt mask, 18th century

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Edo peoples, Benin, Nigeria

Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba, 16th century

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Artist Unavailable

Bowl, Late 19th century

Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Unidentified Artist(s) of the Igbesanmwan Carvers Guild

Tusk for the Royal Benin (Edo) Ancestral Shrine, 1851-1888

Plaque: Warrior chief with attendants, Edo peoples, 16th century

The British Museum, London

Commemorative head of an Oba, 17th century

Museum of Ethnography, Sweden

Plaque: Warrior chief with attendants, Edo peoples, 16th century

The British Museum, London

Edo peoples, Kingdom of Benin, present-day Nigeria

Belt mask, 18th century

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Figure of an Edo King (Oba), 1620-1630

Unidentified Artist(s) of the Igbesanmwan Carvers Guild

Tusk for the Royal Benin (Edo) Ancestral Shrine, 1851-1888

Artist Unavailable

Plaque, ca. 1550-1650 C.E.

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Edo peoples, Benin, Nigeria

Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba, 16th century

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Artist Unavailable

Bowl, Late 19th century

Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

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