Mask worn during the dead mother (attached at the hip) representing no one knows who (woman? )
In Benin the arrival of the Portuguese (head of the crown and collar) corresponds to the reign of King Esigie which mother, Idia could have these features… The original ivory is in New York metropolitean museum of art. This interpretation is Linden
Mask Queen
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