In Benin, this precious and fragile ecosystem is ... two researchers and a red mask representing thunder -- then took into the mangrove swamp by canoe. Chanting traditional songs, they tied ...

They carved masks for ceremonies and they moulded sculptures of gods out of mud. In Benin City, craft workers were organised into groups known as guilds. There were guilds for wood carvers ...

Others were made of figurines, tusks, sculptures of Benin’s rulers, and an ivory mask, formed between the 15th and 19th Centuries. On Wednesday, a transfer of agreement was expected to be signed ...