The mask was worn by a dancer in the Ododua ceremony ... At the moment, many museums still hold hundreds of pieces of Benin art. These artefacts are important to the people of modern-day Africa ...

This rare ivory mask, now in the Al-Thani collection in Paris, is one of five similar ivory hip pendants produced for the ceremonial use of the Oba, the ruler of the Edo people. It is thought to ...