It is one of thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings made between the 15th and 19th Centuries and looted by British troops in 1897 from the West African kingdom of Benin, in modern day ...

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 ...

A guide to Africa's 'looted treasures' Benin officially asked for their return some years ago. President Macron said the statues would be returned "without delay". His office said the return of ...

The bronzes "were made with melted manilla currency [that] the Benin Kingdom was paid in exchange ... and rights to produce ...

Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. While Germany announced the return of the bronzes in its possession, some ...