User:Aisu50/Bronze Head of Queen Idia
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Note: change title Bronze Head of Queen Idia to The Representations of Queen Idia
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The representations of Queen Idia comprise a group of commemorative heads from medieval Benin that represent Queen Idia, mother of Oba Esigie (r. 1504-1550), made during the early sixteenth century at the Benin court. The representations of Queen Idia discussed here include the Bronze Head of Queen Idia (British Museum in London), a pendant ivory mask of Queen Idia (Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York), and finally an ivory mask of Queen Idia (British Museum in London).