Benin Bronzes

Benin Bronzes

group of sculptures

Aŋa yitaalombile	statue, relief sculpture
Named after	bronze, Benin Empire
Paaloŋ	Nigeria
Located in the administrative territorial entity	Benin City
Bezie	Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, British Museum, Nigerian National Museum, Lagos
Significant event	Benin Expedition of 1897, looting
Made from material	copper-based alloy
Collection	British Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Ethnologisches Museum Berlin
Fabrication method	lost-wax casting

A Benin Bronzes e la kuri mine nang na bang ta tur-nuu ane sculptures nang mang e kaama mine ko nayiri nang be a Benin, pampana nang e Edo State, Nigeria. A kuri da taa la maaloo yi Guild nang be Benin Bronze Casters, paqmpana nang be Igun Street, meng nang e Igun-Eronmwon Quarters. Neng a lɛ zaa, a bondemaala nang e a bone be a Benin art nang taa maaloo yi a fourteenth century yi a yielŋmeɛrɛ nang paale a Edo noba. A plaques, nang be a Edo kɔkɔre la ka ba boɔlɔ ka Ama, teɛre balaa sere bee nang areko yelnyɔgere nang pukyaare a dasaŋa kingdom. Yi a plaques sere puoriŋ, sculptures mine nang be a brass bee bronze taa la portrait heads, jewellery, ane bombili mine

A mine nang e dramatic sculptures bebiri da la a fourteenth century, ky ɛa bebiri lannaa nang ba nang da de la fifteenth ane sixteenth centuries. Sagedeebo beebe la ka "Golden Ages" nang be a Benin kuri toma zie da e la a reigns ko Esigie (fl. 1550) ane aEresoyen (1735–1750), be ka a ba toma zie da nyɛ tona gyamaa.

A plaques sere gyamaa zie ane bommaaale mine da taa deɛbo yi British forces yi a Benin Expedition a 1897 nang da e a British Empire's guubu da taa la eebo yi a Southern Nigeria. A yele ama da taa la eebo yi British yizie nang e leɛ-eebo ko a massacre nang ba paale a unarmed paate nang be a British envoys ane nɔmba kpoŋ nang wanneng a African turibogiri a January 1897.

Meng kaa kyɛ

• Art ko Kingdom a Benin
• Museum ko West African Art
• Benin Dialogue Group
• Looted art
• Okukor, a bronze formerly nang be Jesus College, Cambridge

Bibliography

• Lundén, Staffan (2016). Displaying Loot. The Benin objects and the British Museum. Gotark Series B, Göteborgs Universitet.

Ziiri mine liŋkiri

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Benin bronzes.

• Digital Benin online platform
• Benin Plaques, Museum number Af1898,0115.23, Collection Online, British Museum
• Royal Art of Benin: The Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1992 catalog)

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Categories:

• African sculptures in the British Museum
• Art and cultural repatriation
• Benin City
• Benin Court Art
• Bronze sculptures
• Edo people
• Germany–Nigeria relations
• Nigeria–United Kingdom relations
• Nigeria–United States relations