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Description: | Head of an African figure with cast details. Similar heads were placed on ‘ancestral’ altars in the Royal Palace in Ancient Benin.
This head is a modern copy made, using the traditional method, to sell to tourists.
caption: Frontal view of object no. HC.1999.892. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | bronze heads (art) Edo Africa The first king of Benin | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-9214 | Go to resource |
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