A Benin bronze head, Nigeria, of unknown age, wide-open eyes with iron inlays, a slender nose with a broad tip and a v-shaped mouth with full lips that are slightly parted, scarifications on and iron inlays in the forehead, short hair with coral bead ornaments, the apex of the head is open to receive a tusk, this and the coral bead ornaments and the coral strings around the neck make the depicted person to a noble man, weather it is a member of the royal household or a military nobleman is unknown; greenish oxidised patina of different encrusted layers, eroded iron inlays in the forehead and in the eyes.

600 - 800, Euro

Height: 25,5 cm
Weight: 2,43 kg