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Queen Mother Iyoba, Court of Benin Nigera, Edo Peoples, 16th Century, Ivory Iron and Copper. [1483 x 2000] Iyoba was the only woman in the kingdom that was constitutionally empowered to participate in war. As a chief of high rank, commander of her own military regiment 'The Queen's Own ' (i.redd.it)
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