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- 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 road is still long, she said, adding that ownership of the Benin bronzes is just the beginning of a process that still has many hurdles, for instance in matters...
- 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 in present day Nigeria, previously the historic capital of the Kingdom of Benin.
- Germany is in the process of returning hundreds of Benin Bronze artefacts to Nigeria, where a new museum is being built in Benin City to house artefacts.
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- 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.
- After the British victory, the troops destroyed the town and took away nearly 2,000 plaques and sculptures, known thereafter as the ‘Benin Bronzes’.
- London’s Horniman Museum has announced it’ll hand over ownership of its 72 bronzes to Nigeria, home to Benin City, which the British looted in 1897.
- And so it went on, all the way to 2007 when Sotheby's in New York sold a Benin head for $4.7m (£2.35m). Find out how the ancient trade of Benin bronzes lives on.
- Drawing on your understanding of these sources, discuss the ways in which European attitudes to the Benin bronzes have changed over time.
- 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).
- Now a feature in many museums and private collections primarily in the UK, the Benin Bronzes are central to restitution debates taking place globally.
