The Netherlands and the MFA Boston both recently returned looted Benin artifacts. Who they returned them to differed. The Head of a the king Oba of Benin is displayed at the signing ceremony and ...

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 ...

Benin City, Nigeria — As European museums return looted Benin Bronzes, the centuries-old craft that produced some of Africa's finest and most significant heritage objects is struggling to survive in ...

The wealthy donor who pledged them to the museum asked they be returned to him amid talks to transfer ownership to their African land of origin There is not much time left to view the masterful and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A visitor walks past the National Museum in Lagos on April 23, 2026 (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT) Swiss authorities on Monday returned 18 ...

The great Benin Empire flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries under the hereditary male monarch known as Oba, with a highly organised government and powerful army. The Oba’s Palace was adorned ...

A new online database launched last Friday catalogs objects looted in the Benin Expedition of 1897 and now housed in disparate collections around the world. Named Digital Benin, it is the first ...

One of the great changes in artistic vision of the 20th century was the shift from the classical ideals of Greek and Roman statuary to a larger view that accepted primitive art as no less human and as ...

Reviewed by Raymond A. Silverman in African arts (Los Angeles) 56 (4) winter 2023, pages 95-96. (N1.A258 AFA) AFA copy 39088019763713 gift from Janet Stanley. Introduction: Fagg's Prophecy, Previous ...

Swiss authorities on Monday returned 18 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in a ceremony at the National Museum in Lagos, the latest addition to the nation's growing collection of repatriated treasures.