An Edo hip mask

An Edo hip mask

Benin Kingdom, Nigeria

bronze, with a lattice headdress having coral decorations, raised scarifications to the forehead and elliptical eyes with inlaid pupils, with a pierced and scroll decorated collar with thirteen ring attachment, the back with two attachment loops, 19th / 20th century,

15.5cm high.

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, Antiquities and Tribal Art, 13th Dec 1977, lot 372.

Bonhams, Knightsbridge, Tribal Art, 1st Dec 1993, lot 19.

Private Collection, UK.