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Pingente representando a máscara da rainha mãe

16th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 342
Epítome da arte africana, este pingente era usado como peitoral pelo rei do Benin em ocasiões cerimoniais. Representa a Idia, a iyoba (rainha mãe) e conselheira do oba (rei) Esigie, um dos grandes reis de Benim do século XVI, e faz parte de uma série de retratos comemorativos de grande requinte. As feições acentuadas da rainha são emolduradas pela elegante decoração entalhada de seu colar e tiara, composta por dois tipos de motivos em miniatura que são atributos de poder: os comerciantes portugueses que trouxeram grande prosperidade ao reino e os peixes da água pantanosa ou peixes protópteros, cuja vida em dois elementos distintos, água e lama, é uma metáfora da identidade semidivina dos reis de Benin.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Pingente representando a máscara da rainha mãe
  • Data: Século XVI
  • Geografia: Nigéria, reino de Benin
  • Cultura: Etnia Edo
  • Meio: Marfim, ferro, cobre (?)
  • Dimensões: 23,8 x 12,7 x 8,3 cm
  • Linha de créditos: Coleção Comemorativa de Michael C. Rockefeller, doação de Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1972
  • Número de acesso: 1978.412.323
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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