The Benin Bronzes, some of Africa’s greatest treasures ... An archivist’s note, written when the tusk was taken into the British Museum collection in 1897. It says the tusk came from ...

A group of Benin Bronzes on display in the Wereldmuseum. The objects are (from left to rigth): a worked elephant tusk, Benin (1500-1891); a head of a prince (oba), Benin (1600-1750); a statue of a ...

Read more about the Benin Bronzes—and recent calls ... Benin objects in its collections, including two bronzes and a carved ivory tusk. Per the Art Newspaper, Christine Mullen Kreamer, deputy ...

Montreal’s collection includes three bronze and brass pieces that typify Benin artistry ... also includes a ceremonial carved ivory tusk that would have been placed with a commemorative head ...

Left to right: "Worked elephant tusk" (1500–1891), Benin ... The Netherlands has agreed to return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria per the country’s request, marking the single largest return ...

He presented the king with two bronze works – a bird (Ahianmwen ... Inspired by the earlier donation of a carved Benin six foot tall Benin Ivory tusk his grandmother, Josephine Walker, to ...

The statue is a Benin Bronze, part of a collection of artifacts stolen from the Kingdom of Benin in modern-day Nigeria by British soldiers in 1897. Many of the other Benin Bronzes are on display ...

Germany has returned 22 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria as part of a larger effort by Western nations to seek reparation of stolen artifacts from Africa. The Benin Bronzes are sculptures and plaques ...

The Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the German government announced they were returning scores of sculptures, plaques and ornaments, known as the Benin Bronzes ...

The bronge princess is included in an exhibit of Benin ivory and bronze works at the Museum until ... current exhibit include a six foot elephant tusk, carved in relief with richly dressed figures ...

Thank you for your editorial on the Benin bronzes (“At the Museum of Fine Arts, a chance for justice,” April 27). However, calling for the repatriation of the plundered artworks to Nigeria ...

They fear if this continues, there won't be any more Benin Bronze craftsmen left standing in the next few decades. Dailymotion Posted: August 8, 2024 | Last updated: May 16, 2025 ...