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 ...
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 ...
Some of the artefacts – figurines, tusks, sculptures of Benin’s rulers, and an ivory mask made between the 15th and 19th Centuries – ended up in Dutch Museums. In the agreement signed to ...
Despite the name, not all the statues are made of bronze. They include figurines, tusks, sculptures of Benin's rulers, and an ivory mask. They were made during between the 15th and 19th centuries.
The artefacts, which include figurines, tusks, sculptures of Benin rulers, and an ivory mask, have been housed in the Wereldmuseum in the Netherlands for decades. The Netherlands has announced ...
The Netherlands says it will return more than 100 Benin Bronzes that British troops looted from Nigeria in the late 19th Century and which ended up in a Dutch museum. Thousands of these culturally ...