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Metropolitan Museum of Art Sends Three Benin Bronzes Home To Nigeria

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Beautiful bronze sculptures and castings from West Africa have long been exhibited in some of the world s most august institutions, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Wednesday it s returning three of these artworks to Nigeria. They include two 16th-century brass plaques created at the Court of Benin, and a brass head produced in Ife around the 14th century.
The . plaques produced at the Court of Benin,
Warrior Chief and
Junior Court Official, were among the works removed from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin, the Met explained in a statement. (Borders have shifted over the years and the erstwhile Kingdom of Benin, from whence these artworks originated, is in what s now southern Nigeria.) ....

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Benin Bronzes Repatriated from Met Will Be Sent Back To Nigeria : NPR

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Junior Court Official is one of two 16th-century plaques produced at the Court of Benin that will be returned to Nigeria by the Met.
Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Beautiful bronze sculptures and castings from West Africa have long been exhibited in some of the world s most august institutions, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Wednesday it s returning three of these artworks to Nigeria. They include two 16th-century brass plaques created at the Court of Benin, and a brass head produced in Ife around the 14th century. ....

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