Pendant mask; hip ornament; lost-wax cast in brass. In form of human face with openwork beaded headdress and beaded udaeha band across forehead. Three scarification marks above each eye; pupils inlaid with iron nails; metal panel along nose decorated with cross-hatching. Projecting decorative flange around lower face decorated with stylised mudfish riveted to base with iron nails; small suspension loops below. Single suspension loop at bottom of mask and two side loops.
Such hip ornaments are commissioned and worn by senior members of the men's associations based in the Oba's palace in Benin City. They are worn tied over a sash on the left hip.
Fair; missing mudfish pendant on collar; lower half of central mudfish pendant broken off. Upper suspension loop missing. White granular surface deposits inside and outside mask.