Question

What element of the pendant mask from the sixteenth-century Court of Benin indicates an association with Europe?

Answer 1

Answer:

Small heads of Portuguese sailors.

Explanation:

The ivory plaques mask is believed to been produced in early sixteenth century for King or the ObaEsigie which is the king of the Benin in order to honor his mother named, Idia. Oba have worn it at the rites commemorating his mother.

The plaques show aspects of the Benin court life in the sixteenth century, shortly after the Europe's first contact with the West Africa. The small heads show how people of the Benin perceived Portuguese traders as well as their soldiers, with pointed noses and also thin faces and the beards and the strange clothes. This indicates that the pendant mask associated with Europe.