• A Benin Bronze plaque on display in the British Museum. Ancestral shrine in Royal Palace, Benin City, 1891: the earliest-known photograph of the Oba's compound.
  • The Benin Bronzes come from Benin City in present day Nigeria, previously the historic capital of the Kingdom of Benin.
  • The Benin Bronzes come from Benin City, the historic capital of the Kingdom of Benin, a major city-state in West Africa from the medieval period.
  • Pendant masks. Among the other types of Benin Bronzes are ceremonial regalia, including ornaments that were worn at the waist, hip, or chest.
  • The Benin Bronzes are a group of thousands of objects that were taken from the kingdom of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, in 1897.
  • The Benin Bronzes is the name given to a group of artifacts produced by the Benin Empire, which occupied the area which is today Nigeria.
  • But they are only a fraction of the original national treasure known now as the Benin Bronzes, which were scattered across the world after the British troops...
  • [1] The BeninBronzes” is a misnomer, as the items said to be created from bronze are actually copper alloy, made with varying amounts of copper, tin, and zinc.
  • Visitors sit before the contentious Benin plaques exhibit (known as the Benin Bronzes) at the British Museum in London [File: David Cliff/SOPA Images/LightRocket...
  • The University of Oxford's Benin 1897 Collections (Updated list of objects in scope). Updated University statement on the Benin Bronzes March 2023.
  • The 20 Benin Bronzes returned by Germany on Tuesday include an 18th-century throne stool and a sculpture commemorating a Benin Oba (king).
  • The Benin Bronzes come from Benin City, the historic capital of the Kingdom of Benin, a major city state in West Africa from the medieval period.
  • They explain the history and significance of the “Benin Bronzes” and their views of the current debate, and look to the future from multiple perspectives.