Cleveland Museum of Art
Ancestral Commemorative Head (uhunmwun-elao)
possibly mid-1500s or early 1600s
The <em>obas</em> (kings) of the Benin Kingdom still wear coral headpieces and jewelry like this sculpted head depicts.
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