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Royal portrait, Benin, 1750-1850 (bronze) (see also 114637)

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DTR3704996
Image title
Royal portrait, Benin, 1750-1850 (bronze) (see also 114637)
Artist
Beninois School / African
Location
Detroit Institute of Arts, USA
Medium
bronze
Date
1750 AD - 1850 AD (C18th AD - C19th AD)
Dimensions
53.3x26.7x26.7 cms
Image description

This regal head commemorates the important central role in Benin politics fulfilled by the Queen Mother, or lye oba, who held the rank of a high chief. Her son, the king, consulted with her about all questions of leadership and policy making during his reign. Ironically, all direct contact between the king and his mother was forbidden; they communicated from separate palaces through messengers. This bronze head, which shows the queen's distinctive "chicken's beak" hairdo, would have adorned the ancestral shrine established in her honor after her death.

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Photo: © Detroit Institute of Arts / Bridgeman Images
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City of Detroit Purchase
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hair style / royalty / female / mortuary / funerary / african / royal / sculpture / head / monument / chief / artefact / stateswoman / tribal / political / artifact / portrait / woman / politician / queen mother / politics / queen / mother / leader / ruler / coiffure / benin / lye oba
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Medium 712 × 1024 px 60 × 87 mm 844 KB

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