Two Benin bronze busts of Queen Idia, Nigeria, Queen Mother of the Benin Empire, her tall coiffure covered in a simulated coral beaded net, the eyebrows scarified, and with a necklace around her long neck, 26cm, on wood stands; a Benin bronze bust of an Oba (King), wearing a bifurcated crown with scarification marks to the skull, the neck and chest with plain band necklaces, 30.5cm The collection of Eric Mayes.
Two Benin bronze busts of Queen Idia, Nigeria, Queen Mother of the Benin Empire, her tall coiffure covered in a simulated coral beaded net, the eyebrows scarified, and with a necklace around her long neck, 26cm, on wood stands; a Benin bronze bust of an Oba (King), wearing a bifurcated crown with scarification marks to the skull, the neck and chest with plain band necklaces, 30.5cm The collection of Eric Mayes.
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