Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba (commemorative queen mother heads) were placed at the ancestral shrine of the Iy’Ọba. Similar to the Ọba’s altar, the Iy’ọba also had an altar erected on her behalf which consists of a commemorative head. The Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba are particularly distinguished by the Upkẹ okhokho (chicken beak) hairstyle. Usually, a woman in Benin would only have three suborbital markings, however the Iy’Ọba is shown in many of these objects with four suborbital markings, which would usually indicate a man. This may indicate thato when an Iy’Ọba is crowned, she ascends to a status usually belonging only to men.