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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.
6 wrz 2024 · Benin Bronzes Palace plaques, brass relief sculptures by Edo artists in the court of the kingdom of Benin (now Nigeria), 15th–19th century; in the British Museum, London, which houses the largest collection of Benin Bronzes.
17 wrz 2022 · Learn about the Benin Bronzes, the 5,000 artefacts looted by British colonialists in 1897 and now returned to Nigeria. Discover the new Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City, where they will be displayed from 2026.
The two largest collections of Benin Bronzes are located in the Ethnological Museum of Berlin and in the British Museum in London, while the third largest collection is located in several museums in Nigeria (principally the Nigerian National Museum in Lagos).
28 lis 2022 · In 2026 its government will open the Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City, which is being designed by the British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye, to house the largest collection...
2 kwi 2021 · The British Museum has the most Benin Bronzes of any institution worldwide, with 900 objects from the group in its holdings.
The Benin “Bronzes”: a story of violence, theft, and artistry. by Dr. Kristen Laciste. Plaques from Benin City on display at the British Museum (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) In Ryan Coogler’s 2018 film, Black Panther, the supervillain Erik Killmonger goes to a fictional museum—The Museum of Great Britain.
