Ca’ del Duca 3052, Corte del Duca Sforza
San Marco, 30124, Venezia, Italy
Tue – Sat 10am – 6pm
Teddy Mitchener
Queen Idia mask (series Disappearing Africa), 2018
Fine Art Archival Print on Hahnemuhle 310grs, 100% cotton rag paper
Series: Disappearing Africa
100x67 cm
The Benin Kingdom, was a pre-colonial kingdom in what is now southern Nigeria. (It should not beconfused with the modern-day Republicof Benin). The Benin Kingdom was 'one of the oldest...
The Benin Kingdom, was a pre-colonial kingdom in what is now southern Nigeria. (It should not beconfused with the modern-day Republicof Benin). The Benin Kingdom was "one of the oldest and most highly developed states in the coastal hinterland of WestAfrica, dating to the 11th Century A D.Benin established the first colony of Lagos hundreds of years before theBritish took over in 1851, and the onslaught of colonialism led to the ultimate downfall of the kingdom by1897.The Bronze Head of Queen Idia is acommemorative bronze head frommediaeval Benin that probablyrepresents Queen Idia, who was apowerful monarch during the early 16thCentury at the Benin court.
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