Queen Mother Pendant Mask, 16th Century, Court of Benin, Nigeria, Edo Peoples, Ivory, Copper and Iron, 9 3/8” x 5”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Photo by futons_of_rock, as part of the Wikipedia Loves Art project, Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic License.

Queen Mother Pendant Mask, 16th Century, Court of Benin, Nigeria, Edo Peoples, Ivory, Copper and Iron, 9 3/8” x 5”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Photo by futons_of_rock, as part of the Wikipedia Loves Art project, Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic License.