Head, 16th–17th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Terracotta, sacrificial materials, H. 6 1/2 x W. 4 3/8 x D. 4 7/8 in. (16.5 x 11.1 x 12.4 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, This Benin terracotta head, with its full rounded cheeks and eyes, neatly arranged rows of hair, and series of three parallel scarification marks above each eye, is a commemorative depiction. Oral histories recount that the earliest such works were primarily associated with the ancestral altars of the first kings of Benin
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Head, 16th–17th century, Nigeria, Court, Benin, Edo peoples, Terracotta, sacrificial materials, H, 6 1/2 x W, 4 3/8 D, 7/8, 16.5 11.1 12.4 cm, Ceramics-Sculpture, terracotta, head, full rounded, cheeks, eyes, neatly arranged, rows, hair, series, three parallel, scarification, marks, eye, commemorative depiction, Oral histories, recount, earliest, works, primarily associated, ancestral altars, first kings
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