Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask
Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask
Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask
Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask
Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask
Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask
Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask
Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask
Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask
Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask
Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask
Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask

Benin Edo Bronze Hip Mask

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A fine and authentic Edo bronze or copper-alloy waist pendant (uhunmwun-elao or hip mask), Benin Kingdom style, Nigeria, modeled after the courtly regalia worn at the left hip by the Oba or high-ranking titleholders during major state rituals such as Emobo and Ugie Iyoba. Cast using the lost-wax (cire perdue) technique, the face features prominent, bulbous oval eyes with raised pupils and hatched eyebrow ridges, flanked by semicircular ears pierced for ornament. The headdress rises into a bold, tripartite tiered coiffure deeply incised with basket-weave or beaded plaiting, while the lower jaw is framed by a broad openwork flange of conjoined circular loops designed to hold rattles or crotal bells (eroro). The reverse reveals a hollow, concave interior with two integrated upper suspension loops for securing to a ceremonial sash, supported on a modern museum-style black metal rod mount and stepped wooden plinth.
Dimensions  17.0 cm (6.7 in) H. + custom mount.

Provenance  Jul 3, 1990, Christie's - Tribal Art Lot 51.

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