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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4314481, member: 8267&quot;]The oval plaque on the left is probably a tourist piece, based on royal art from the Kingdom of Benin, in Nigeria, west Africa. A 16th century bronze/brass depicting Queen Idia shows the headdress:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Afrikaabteilung_in_Ethnological_Museum_Berlin_29.JPG/220px-Afrikaabteilung_in_Ethnological_Museum_Berlin_29.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idia" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idia</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And the central figure is a depiction of the King, known as the Oba.</p><p><img src="https://lawakhigbe.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/image-349.jpg?w=900&amp;h=900" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Oba Eweka II, 1914-1933.</p><p><a href="https://lawakhigbe.com/2018/09/02/the-life-and-times-of-oba-eweka-ii-of-benin-by-tunde-ososanya/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://lawakhigbe.com/2018/09/02/the-life-and-times-of-oba-eweka-ii-of-benin-by-tunde-ososanya/" rel="nofollow">https://lawakhigbe.com/2018/09/02/the-life-and-times-of-oba-eweka-ii-of-benin-by-tunde-ososanya/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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