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6 wrz 2024 · Benin Bronzes is a loose term used to describe thousands of artworks looted in 1897 by the British army during its violent invasion of Benin City, the capital of the historic kingdom of Benin (located in what is now Nigeria).
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. Note 'bronze' heads at both ends of the shrine. The Benin Bronzes are a group of several thousand [a] metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin, in what is now Edo State, Nigeria.
With the city falling and the king going into hiding in the villages, the rampaging British soldiers went on a campaign of looting, rape and cultural vandalism, gathering thousands of prized artworks in bronze, brass, ivory, and wood before setting the great city on fire. This was the real massacre!
The 'Benin Bronzes' (made of brass and bronze) are a group of sculptures which include elaborately decorated cast relief plaques, commemorative heads, animal and human figures, items of royal regalia, and personal ornaments.
On October 11, 2022, the museum officially returned 29 Benin bronzes, taken by the British during the Benin Punitive Expedition of 1897, to the National Commission for Museum and Monuments in Nigeria.
11 paź 2022 · Under a new agreement, the NCMM will make nine Benin bronzes available to the NMAA as loans, a Smithsonian spokesperson says.
2 kwi 2021 · 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. (Their exact number is unknown, though it is believed to...
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