Commemorative head of an Oba (King) of cast brass/bronze, hollow with open crown, with beaded coral head-dress and coral bead necklet, incisions over each eye, traces of red pigment or clay: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin
WEST AFRICA. LOWER NIGERIA. BENIN. BRONZES. HEAD OF A SS. Bronze, patinated nearly life size; headdress of overlapping curls, two "horns" and three plaits (two on one side, one on other), necklet of four rows on coral beads, three incisions over each eye, open crown and occiput. Benin City, Lower Nigeria, Midwestern State. [Researcher comment, March 1974: 1903.332, 333 & 334 - Bini tribe