A set of ancient Benin Bronzes is on its way back to Nigeria after over a century in a Dutch museum. On Monday, May 19, 2025, ...

Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently ...

To exhibit the works, known as Benin Bronzes, the museum created a gallery that included information about the looting and invited the kingdom’s royal leader, the oba, to the opening.

The return of the Benin Bronzes, looted by British colonial forces in 1897, has become a rallying cry for Nigeria’s cultural restitution movement. Despite promises from Western institutions to ...

The Benin Bronzes are a collection of thousands of metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin. Created between the 14th and 16th century, British soldiers ...

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 ...

New provenance research proves the precious objects were looted by the British during a brutal military campaign in 1897. Employees open a glass case containing some of the 113 Benin Bronzes that ...

These are pendants worn by high ranking officials in Benin The Netherlands says it will return more than 100 Benin Bronzes that British troops looted from Nigeria in the late 19th Century and ...

He built the inner moat and walls of Benin City. He created guilds such as Ikpema for drummers, Owina for artisans, Igun Eronmwo for bronze and brass casters and Igbesanmwa for elephant tusk ...

where four Benin Bronzes are tucked inconspicuously behind a humidity-controlled vitrine: an ivory tusk carved with mythical images, a ceremonial waist pendant shaped like a mask, a cylindrical head ...