Rooster Bronze Benin sale City Yoruba

Since the reign of the Oba Esigie in the sixteenth century, the representations of rooster or Okpa were placed on the altars dedicated to the Queen Mother, in Benin City, in the palace of the Oba.

The representation of the rooster is always made in a very noble pose with great attention to detail, crest, feathers.
The patterns are made through thin incisions directly on the metal.

It may be surprising that a male animal is destined for the altars of sale queen mothers, but for the Edo, the queen mother is superior to other women, having the same powers and privileges as men.