Commemorative Head (IMAGE)

University of Zurich

Commemorative Head

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The Iy’Ọba (Queen Mother) is an important figure in the political hierarchy of the Kingdom of Benin. Such Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba stood on the ancestral altar in the shrine of a Queen Mother and served to maintain daily contact with the ancestor.

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Kathrin Leuenberger

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