These sculptures hold cultural significance, as the carvings were stolen when ... sculptures of Benin’s rulers, and an ivory mask, formed between the 15th and 19th Centuries.

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, ivory ...

British soldiers looted thousands of shrines, reliefs, and carved ivory objects from Benin City during the punitive expedition in 1897. These artifacts, intended to honor ancestors and used during ...

Thousands of these culturally significant sculptures and carvings were stolen during ... They include figurines, tusks, sculptures of Benin's rulers, and an ivory mask. They were made during ...