the ivory mask of Benin is a mask of the queen mother of Benin ibia (iyoba) the mask was stolen from Benin (a city that is in present day Nigeria) by the Britsh and it has two identical mask one in the lineden gallery in New York and two in the museum of Britain the original mask was painted golden and had a big necklace unfortunately i am not yet skilled enough to make the necklace so mine is white and without a necklace.
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