One of the first things we learn about the Benin bronzes is that they were made for the Oba of Benin by a guild of bronze casters he employed and that the sculptures were displayed in the Royal Museum in the Palace in Benin City until a British military force invaded Benin in 1897,stole the artefacts, killed many Benin people, children, women, and men, and burnt the city. The invaders carried away the Benin treasures to London where they sold the looted objects to American and European insti
Restitution begins: Many valuable cultural objects that once belonged to the kingdom of Benin and that have been housed and displayed in German museums for more than 100 years will be on their way back to Nigeria.
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Cologne's Rautenstrauch Joest Museum wants to return an artifact looted from the Bangwa community in Cameroon. But Germany's intricate processes may make restitution difficult.