Showing posts with label Benin Bronzes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Benin Bronzes. Show all posts

Monday, 20 September 2010

Benin Bronzes























Some of the magnificent 16th / 17th C  bronzes from Benin City in Nigeria which were  looted by the British during the so-called 'Punitive Expedition' of 1897. They are now displayed in the British Museum which resists all claims from Nigeria to return them.