The bronzes "were made with melted manilla currency [that] the Benin Kingdom was paid in exchange ... artist Bjarne Melgaard ...

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 ...

These are thousands of metal castings and ivory carvings which were looted by a British military expedition in 1897 from the Benin kingdom ... Bronzes became known internationally as works of art ...

The kingdom was led by the Oba, a powerful leader who was believed to be descended from the gods. The Obas used art and architecture to show their power. Benin became famous for its bronzes ...

The commission wanted returned artefacts to be housed in the Edo Museum of West African Art ... Kingdom of Benin, once looted by the British in an expedition that eventually led to the Bronzes ...

The kingdom was led by the Oba, a powerful leader who was believed to be descended from the gods. The Obas used art and architecture to show their power. Benin became famous for its bronzes ...