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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.
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Caption:
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.
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Credit:
Album / Prisma
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Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
2776 x 4394 px | 34.9 MB
Print size:
23.5 x 37.2 cm | 9.3 x 14.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 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 • FEMALES • HAIR FASHION • HAIR STYLE • HAIR STYLING • HAIRSTYLE • HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT • HAT • HAT • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HEADDRESS • HEADGEAR • HERM, BUST • HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS • HUMAN FIGURE • IDIA • KINGDOM OF BENIN • LID • LONDON • LOST WAX • LOST-WAX CAST • MONARCHY • NECK RING • NECKLACE • NECKLACES • NETWORK OF BEADS • POINTED HEAD-DRESS • POINTED HEADDRESS • QUEEN MOTHER • RUFF • RULER • SCAR • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • SOCIETY • STATUE • STATUES • SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA • TEENAGER • VISAGE • WEST AFRICAN • WOMAN • WOMEN • YOUNG WOMAN • YOUNG
