The Iyeọkhọkhọ (hen figures) are used by chiefs and commoners on female altars. These differ from cast brass or bronze 

, which are only to be used on royal ancestral altars for the 

Iyeọkhọkhọ are carved in wood and usually depicted with a plump body and stylised motifs to represent the feathers. They are often painted, and on some occasions brass sheeting is overlaid on the surface. According to Seige (in Plankensteiner, 2007, p.412

), hens ‘symbolise maternal care and love, in particular they protect the chicks by spreading their wings over them’.

Iyeọkhọkhọ

The Iyeọkhọkhọ (hen figures) are used by chiefs and commoners on female altars. These differ from cast brass or bronze Ọkporhu, which are only to be used on royal ancestral altars for the Iy’Ọba.

Hen Figure

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Grey, Charles George & Lady

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Digital Benin linked field	Institution field	Value
object id	Acc/ID Number	WA503012
designation	Object Name	Figure; Chicken
description	Description	REPRENSENTATION OF A CHICKEN
description	Description/Acquisition Overview	39 Ethnographic specimens from Nigeria (see PDF 'R4689_Acc Register List') for all objects. Accession register images; dmas_rgregb_1948_d04.tif and dmas_rgregb_1948_d11.tif and dmas_rgregb_1948_d12.tif.
material	Materials	Brass
dimensions	Measurements	0122/0000/0000
object type	Record Type	Core
date made	Date Created	Pre 1948
production place	Place Created	BENIN; NIGERIA; AFRICA WEST
prior source	Credit Line	Donated to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery by Lady Grey in June 1948
prior source	Donor	Lady Grey, Wife of Sir Charles Grey. Address in Register (1935) Rodstone, Friars Oak, Hassocks
provenance	Collector	Lady Grey; Sir Charles Grey
provenance	Object (hi)story
date collected	Date Collected	Pre 1948
place collected	Place Collected	Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
ethnic attribution	Cultural Grp	EDO; BINI
department and institution	Department	World Art
accession date	Acquistion date	6/4/48
notes	New research info 2022	Charles Grey additional info: birth 26/06/1880, death 12/12/1957. 4th Baronet of Fallodon. Son of Harry George Grey and Charlotte Cockburn Grey. Left no heir so this brother Sir Harry Martin Grey, became 5th Baronet, of Fallodon. Medic in West Africa.
exhibition history	Ext Exhib History
legal status	Legal Status	PERMANENT COLLECTION
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	Other no.	R4689/8

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