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- 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, the historic capital of the Kingdom of Benin, a major city-state in West Africa from the medieval period.
- Since the start of their production in the 13th Century in the Kingdom of Benin, modern-day Benin City, Nigeria, the Benin Bronzes have been shrouded in...
- 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.
- This forms part of the context around the Benin Bronzes. They were taken off as colonial loot, to be displayed in museums in different corners of the planet.
- 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 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 are a particularly high-profile case: in an 1897 raid on the royal palace of Benin, over 4,000 objects, including 900 bronzes, were looted by the...
- The Cockerel is a recurring subject amongst the Benin Bronzes. The skill used to produce these artefacts were exceptional and unique for their time.
- There is currently an Edo Museum of West African Art being built in Benin City, Edo State, which should be hosting the returned Benin bronzes and artifacts.
- With more than 900 pieces, the British Museum in London has the world’s biggest collection of Benin bronzes.
