This is the Mascot for the festival of art and culture held in 1977 in Nigeria popularly referred to as festac 77.
The work is part of the renowned art works(bronze casting and wood work) for which the Bini people of Edo State are popular.
The head in particular is the head of queen Idah wife of Oba Esigie the great. The original of this particular piece of work was taken as loot during the British invasion of the great Benin kingdom in 1897 under the then ruler ship of Oba Ovoramen no gbaisi.