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Categories: Bronze sculptures, Nigeria–United Kingdom relations, Nigeria–United States relations, Art and cultural repatriation, Benin art
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Benin Bronzes  Benin Bronze  Benin Bronze plaques  Benin Plaque
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The Benin Bronzes are a group of several thousand metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin, in what is now Edo State, Nigeria. Wikipedia
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The Benin Bronzes are a group of several thousand metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin, in what is now Edo State, Nigeria. Wikipedia
Metal plaques and sculptures of other materials seized during the British “punitive expedition” against the Benin ruler in 1897 Wikidata
IS A
sculptural group
relief
statue
HAS PART
Okukor
COLLECTION
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ethnological Museum of Berlin
British Museum
COUNTRY
Nigeria
FABRICATION METHOD
lost-wax casting
LOCATED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Benin City
LOCATION
Ethnological Museum of Berlin
Nigerian National Museum
British Museum
NAMED AFTER
bronze
Benin Empire
SIGNIFICANT EVENT
looting
Benin Expedition of 1897
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Benin Bronze, Benin Bronze plaques, Benin bronzes, Benin Plaque

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