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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 in present day Nigeria, previously the historic capital of the Kingdom of Benin.
- 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.
- 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 University of Oxford's Benin 1897 Collections (Updated list of objects in scope). Updated University statement on the Benin Bronzes March 2023.
- 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.
- After the British victory, the troops destroyed the town and took away nearly 2,000 plaques and sculptures, known thereafter as the ‘Benin Bronzes’.
- 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 Benin “Bronzes” 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.
- But it was Akenzua II (reigned 1933–78) who started the official movement to repatriate the Benin Bronzes, though only four pieces were returned during his reign.
- 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...
