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Benin / Nigeria Bronze Plaque of Two Warriors
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Pre 1920 item# 996087 (stock# 1637)
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Griffin Gallery Ancient Art
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Benin / Nigeria Bronze Plaque of Two Warriors, Replacement Piece for Royal Palace. Africa, Early 20th Century, 20" high mounted. In excellent condition. Compare to Metropolitan Museum of Art #50. Plaque: Three Men Striking Idiophones with Birds of Prophecy, Edo, Court of Benin, Nigeria, Brass. 16th–17th century, Trustees of the British Museum, London, 98.1–15.117
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Yoruba / Nigeria Gelede Wooden Body Mask of Iya Nla
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Pre 1910 item# 996110 (stock# 1642)
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Griffin Gallery Ancient Art
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Monumental Yoruba - Nigeria Gelede Wooden Body Mask of Iya Nla (Great Powerful Mother) Early 20th Century 54 H x 21" wide. Arms are available. Kept inside the Gelede Shrine, not danced but carried on a platform during Gelede, an annual festival honoring “our mothers” (awon iya wa), not so much for their motherhood, but as female elders. It takes place in the dry season (March-May) among the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria and neighboring southeast Benin. Artifact in excellent condition.
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