Bronze Head of Queen Idia

Bronze Head of Queen Idia nyɛla daadaa ha zuɣu ŋmani din be "Kingdom of Benin" din be West Africa ka nyɛ din nyɛ din ni tooi zani n-ti Idia, Oba Esigie ma, ka bɛ daa mali li 16th century saha Benin kootu ni. Benin nuuni tuumbaŋsimnima pam nyɛla din kpe European nuuni tuumbaŋsim dahi ni "Benin Expedition of 1897" –Lala zuɣu ŋmana ŋɔ dinaa anahi ka niriba mi ka di be British Museum, London saha ŋɔ,World Museum din be Liverpool,Accession number 27.11.99.8.  Nigerian National Museum din be Lagos,Picture of Lagos head n-ti pahi "Ethnological Museum of Berlin."

 Buɣisibu 
Bɛ ni daa zaŋ binshɛɣu mali lala zuɣu ŋmani ŋɔ n-nyɛ "lost wax casting" tabiibi tuma baŋsim din daa beni 16th century. Di nyɛla di zani ti paɣa so Benin kootu ni, ŋun pindi "ukpe-okhue" zuɣupiligu din nyɛ zaɣ' choo ka be kamani "lattice" yari. Di zabiri sitaaya ŋanila karakoo noli ka di nyɛ Iyoba mini na' shɛba ban daa tihiri tɔbu ko ni daa nyɛ bɛ ni ti shɛba soya ni bɛ pindi shɛli.

Di nina ayi mini booli shɛŋa be di zuɣu ka nyɛ "iron." Di wuhirila noli taarihi zaŋ jendi Idia ni daa kana Iyoba shɛm; taarihi maa wuhiya ni tima daa yɛliya ni  vihigu daa wuhimi ni Idia zaŋ mi tim pa o nina zuɣusaa din yɛn tooi sɔŋ ka o gu ka taɣi Oba Ozolua ka o bi tooi zaŋ o niŋ o paɣa. Oba Ozolua daa nyɛla ŋun daa nyaŋ lala tima ŋɔ buɣisibu ŋɔ ka Idia daa niŋ Oba Esigie ma.Ninkari kam zuɣusaa malila buɣisibu dibaa anahi. Zuɣu ŋmani maa daa mɛmi ni di buɣisi o kpaŋmaŋa ni linjima tuma ni mini o yaa.

 Tuma tumbu zaɣ'maŋli 
Queen Idia daa kpaŋ o maŋa pam ni o bidbiga linjima tɔbu tuhibu ni zuliya shɛŋa din daa miriba. O kpibu nyaaŋa, Oba Esigie daa puhiya ni bɛ mali o yɛla teebu zuɣuri, ka bɛ zaŋli zali napaɣa maa yiŋa. Zuɣu ŋmana maa daa malimi ni teeri o kpaŋmaŋa linjima tumani mini o yaa yɛla.

Zuɣu ŋmani din be British Museum nyɛla Sir William Ingram ni daa zaŋ shɛli tahi yuuni 1897.

 Lihi pahi 

 Benin bronzes
 Benin ivory mask
 Bronze Head from Ife

 Kundivihira 

 Karim pahi 

 Mack, John (ed.) Africa, Arts and Cultures. London, 2005.
 Barley, Nigel. The Art of Benin. London: The British Museum Press, 2010.
 Ben-Amos, P. Girshick. The Art of Benin. London: The British Museum Press, 1995.
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