In Benin City, craft workers were organised into groups known as guilds. There were guilds for wood carvers, ivory carvers ... turn all this into a work of art? Well, step 1 -make your design ...

Now France has launched a report calling for thousands of African art in ... in the Kingdom of Benin, which was incorporated into British-ruled Nigeria. They were carved out of ivory, brass ...

The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from the West African kingdom of Benin - in what is ... Edo Museum of Western African Art (EMOWAA).