Queen Mother Idia

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Title Queen Mother Idia
Location City/State Benin City
Location Country Nigeria (origin)
Style Period 16th Century Art
Description Looted from Benin City (Nigeria) by British soldiers in 1897. Acquired by British Museum in 1910.
Subject Portraiture
Creation Date 16th Century CE
Form object / mask pendant
Medium ivory, iron, copper alloy
Dimensions 24.5 x 12.5 cm
Repository British Museum, London
Classes ARTH 2500 Introduction to Art History - Representing the Past, Shaping the Present - Antiquity (SH)
Work ID 26818
Rights Public Domain
ARK ark:/87278/s6d1cmv5
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 2101978
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d1cmv5
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