Head of a Queen Mother (Iyoba), 1750–1800, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H. 16 3/4 x Diam. 11 3/4 in. (42.5 x 29.9 cm), Metal-Sculpture, In the Benin kingdom, the iyoba, or mother of the oba (king), occupies an important and historically significant place within Benin's political hierarchy. The title was first conferred upon Idia, the mother of king Esigie, who used her political skill and supernatural abilities to save her son's kingdom from dissolution in the late fifteenth century
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Head, Queen Mother, Iyoba, 1750–1800, Nigeria, Court, Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H, 16 3/4 x Diam, 11 3/4, 42.5 29.9 cm, Metal-Sculpture, Benin kingdom, iyoba, mother, oba, king, occupies, important, historically significant place, within, political hierarchy, title, first conferred, upon, Idia, king Esigie, skill, supernatural abilities, save, son, kingdom, dissolution, late fifteenth, century
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