Benin Bronze, Edo artist, oba head, Metropolitan Museum of art

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Les bronzes du Bénin dans les collections de musées

Oba head, Edo Artist, Benin Kingdom
Interior of Benin’s royal palace in 1897 after the raid by British looters
Edo artist, Plaque, Benin kingdom court style, 19th century, present-day Nigeria. Provenance: Benin Punitive Expedition, 1897. National Museum of African Art
Dr Robert Allman, British soldiers with objects looted from the royal palace during the military expedition to Benin City (1897).

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Images:
- Artiste Edo, Tête d'Oba, XVIe siècle, Nigéria actuel. Metropolitan Museum of Art (1979.206.86). Provenance: Un fonctionnaire des mines d'Afrique occidentale, acquis avant 1885
- Artiste Edo, Tête d'Oba, XIXe siècle, Nigéria actuel. Provenance: Expédition punitive du Bénin, 1897. National Museum of African Art (85-19-7)
- Intérieur du palais royal du Bénin en 1897 après le raid des soldats britanniques. Creative Commons © Reginald Kerr Granville
- Artiste Edo, Plaque, XIXe siècle, Nigéria actuel. Provenance: Expédition punitive du Bénin, 1897. National Museum of African Art (82-5-3)
- Dr Robert Allman, Soldats britanniques avec des objets pillés dans le palais royal lors de l'expédition militaire à Benin City en 1897 (1897). British Museum, Af,A79.13 © The Trustees of the British Museum

[1] Azoulay, Ariella Aïsha, 2019. Un-documented: Undoing Imperial Plunder.
[2] Viejo-Rose, Dacia, 2016. ‘Eternal, Impossible Returns: Variations on the Theme of Dislocations’. In Carroll, Khadija von Zinnenburg (ed), The Importance of Being Anachronistic: Contemporary Aboriginal Art and Museum Reparations. Melbourne: Discipline, p. 125.
[3] Collections Trust
[4] Hicks, Dan, 2020. The Brutish Museum: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution. London: Pluto Press, p. XIV.
[5] Ibid., p. 239-240.
[6] Thomas, Nicholas, 2016. ‘No Normal – A Foreword’. In Carroll, Khadija von Zinnenburg (ed), The Importance of Being Anachronistic: Contemporary Aboriginal Art and Museum Reparations. Melbourne: Discipline, p. 16.

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