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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 2309058, member: 8267&quot;]I have been trying to find a photograph that shows how such hip masks were/are worn, and it has been surprisingly difficult. Here is one of Chief Francis Edo Osagie, Benin City, Nigeria, c. 1960. You can see a mask worn on his left hip.</p><p><img src="https://africa.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/EEPA_2009-007-1775Web.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://africa.si.edu/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/alonge/royal-court-photography/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://africa.si.edu/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/alonge/royal-court-photography/" rel="nofollow">https://africa.si.edu/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/alonge/royal-court-photography/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There were also hip masks in the form of leopards&#039; heads:</p><p><img src="https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/316507/667209/main-image" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316507" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316507" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316507</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Which can be seen on these warriors on a 16th century Benin bronze:</p><p><img src="https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/benin2-870x1000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://smarthistory.org/imagery-power-benin-bronze-plaques/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://smarthistory.org/imagery-power-benin-bronze-plaques/" rel="nofollow">https://smarthistory.org/imagery-power-benin-bronze-plaques/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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