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- The Benin Bronzes decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin, which is now Edo state in modern-day Nigeria.
- The Benin Bronzes come from Benin City in present day Nigeria, previously the historic capital of the Kingdom of Benin.
- Art in the Kingdom of Benin took many forms, of which bronze and brass reliefs and the heads of kings and queen mothers are the best known.
- The original bronzes were looted by British settlers in the late 19th century from what was then the Kingdom of Benin (Southern part of present-day Nigeria).
- 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...
- Before the Benin Bronzes are restituted to Nigeria, the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum is showing the works from its collection.
- Skowronek says that this is the case for the Benin bronzes: ‘The Benin metal is mostly brass or leaded brass, sometimes with [small] amounts of tin,’ he says.
- The 20 Benin Bronzes returned by Germany on Tuesday include an 18th-century throne stool and a sculpture commemorating a Benin Oba (king).
- Drawing on your understanding of these sources, discuss the ways in which European attitudes to the Benin bronzes have changed over time.
- This period, known as the Benin Bronze Period, gave rise to some of the most elaborate and intricate bronze sculptures and plaques in West Africa.
- 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.
- The Benin Bronzes are a collection of intricately designed metal plaques and sculptures that originated from the Kingdom of Benin, located in present-day Nigeria.
