The Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the German government announced they were returning scores of sculptures, plaques and ornaments, known as the Benin Bronzes ...

Three of the other masks are in public collections in the UK and the USA The Benin Bronzes include not just metal objects but also wood and ivory, like this mask of Queen Mother Idia (uhunmwu-ekue ...

German government officials have handed over 20 Benin bronze objects to Nigeria as part ... Annalena Baerbock gave items such as a miniature mask of an Iyoba (queen mother) and the brass head ...

Despite this, it isn’t all of these statues that are made of bronze. Others were made of figurines, tusks, sculptures of Benin’s rulers, and an ivory mask, formed between the 15th and 19th ...

Its ruler, the oba, commissioned what would become known as the Benin bronzes: masks, three-dimensional figures, and bas-relief plaques. For the Edo-speaking people of Benin, these items were ...

likeness of Benin's rulers, and sacred masks, most of which resides in state museums in Europe. Broadly speaking, public consensus has shifted in favor of Nigeria's claim, however the bronzes ...

The Benin bronzes have become a key symbol in the debate ... In the 1970s, Nigeria wanted to borrow the ivory mask of the Queen Mother Idia from the British Museum for a cultural festival, Festac77.

The Benin Bronzes are an emblem of a wider discussion over the provenance ... when Lagos hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture. A 16th-century ivory mask depicting ...

Germany returned 22 Benin Bronzes — looted plaques and sculptures from Benin — to Nigeria on Tuesday. The initial step was part of a larger agreement made earlier this year to return all 1,130 ...

Thank you for your editorial on the Benin bronzes (“At the Museum of Fine Arts, a chance for justice,” April 27). However, calling for the repatriation of the plundered artworks to Nigeria ...

An curved arrow pointing right. In the past few years, Europe and the United States have been returning stolen bronzes from the historical Kingdom of Benin. While today's Benin Bronze casters ...

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.