They carved masks for ceremonies and they moulded sculptures of gods out of mud. In Benin City, craft workers were organised into groups known as guilds. There were guilds for wood carvers ...

19th century), Benin; and "19th Century Staff with 'bird of prophecy'" (before 1993), Benin (all photos by Boudewijn Bollmann, courtesy Wereldmuseum Leiden) Success! Your account was created and ...

These are pendants worn by high ranking officials in Benin The Netherlands says it will return more than 100 Benin Bronzes that British troops looted from Nigeria in the late 19th Century and ...