Benin Mask Hip Ornament
date
about 1600-1799
creation place
Africa, Benin
medium & support
Cast brass
measurements
7 3/4 x 5 x 2 1/4 in. (19.69 x 12.7 x 5.72 cm)
credit line
Gift of David T. Owsley via the Alconda-Owsley Foundation
accession number
2013.028.000
keywords
Benin, body, ceremony, civilization · culture, costume, court, cult, face, family, fertility, fish, food, government, head, hip, human being, human figure, man, mask, materiality, monkfish, nationality, non-Christian religion, nourishment, nutrition, occupations, peace, prosperity, race (human), religion, rite, society, state, supernatural, well-being
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