Benin Bronzes

A Benin Bronzes e la kuri mine nang na bang ta tur-nuuhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Bronzes#cite_ref-3 ane  sculptures nang mang e kaama mine ko nayiri nang be a Benin, pampana nang e Edo State,https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1898-0115-23https://archive.artic.edu/benin/artwork/190110https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Bronzes#CITEREFHuera1988https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Bronzes#CITEREFHuera1988https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Bronzes#CITEREFHuera1988https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burlington_Magazine https://www.jstor.org/stable/868735Nigeria. 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,https://digitalbenin.org/eyo-oto/1 teɛre balaa sere bee nang areko yelnyɔgere nang pukyaare a dasaŋa kingdom.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Bronzes#cite_note-10 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Bronzes#CITEREFGreenfield2007

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.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/benin-bronzes-british-museum-nigeria-stolen-imperialist-treasures-return-loan-elgin-marbles-looted-a8414661.html 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.

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 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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