Category:Benin bronzes

English: Cast brass sculptures from Benin (aka "Benin Bronzes“)

Benin Bronzes

metal plaques and sculptures of other materials seized during the British “punitive expedition” against the Benin ruler in 1897

Placa de bronze de Benín al Museu Britànic de Londres.

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This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.

Benin bronzes in the Ethnological Museum, Berlin‎ (1 C, 49 F)
Benin bronzes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art‎ (133 F)
Benin bronzes in the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum‎ (2 C, 10 F)

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Benin bronze roosters‎ (12 F)
Benin bronzes in the Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg‎ (71 F)
Benin Punitive Raid‎ (5 F)

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Cast brass plaques from Benin City (British Museum)‎ (59 F)

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Benin bronzes in the Etnografiska museet‎ (18 F)

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'Girl with Leopard', plaque from Nigeria, Court of Benin, c. 1600.JPG 1,452 × 3,408; 783 KB
2005 0101MusAlbertandVictoria0138.JPG 1,915 × 2,365; 968 KB
Africa Benin Standing Oba Kimbell.jpg 1,536 × 3,124; 3 MB
AI-Restored Benin Bronze Head.png 1,024 × 1,024; 1.7 MB
AI-Restored Bronze Head, Queen Idia.png 1,024 × 1,024; 797 KB
AI-Restored Bronze Plaque, Iyase.png 1,024 × 1,024; 1.82 MB
AI-Restored carved wooden plaque, Benin Bronze.png 1,024 × 1,024; 1.43 MB
AI-Restored Commemorative Head, Terracotta, Benin Bronze, Back View.png 1,024 × 1,024; 1.21 MB
AI-Restored Commemorative Head, Terracotta, Benin Bronze, Side View.png 1,024 × 1,024; 1.19 MB
AI-Restored Commemorative Head, Wood, Benin Bronze.png 1,024 × 1,024; 768 KB
AI-Restored Head of an Oba, Benin Bronze, 1550.png 1,024 × 1,024; 1.26 MB
AI-Restored Relief Plaque.png 1,024 × 1,024; 1.75 MB
AI-Restored, Head of an Oba, benin Bronze.png 1,024 × 1,024; 1.39 MB
AI-Restored, Iyoba Idia, Cast, Benin Bronze.png 1,024 × 1,024; 665 KB
Ancestral shrine Royal Palace, Benin City, 1891 (cropped).jpg 537 × 403; 101 KB
Ancestral shrine Royal Palace, Benin City, 1891.jpg 1,000 × 749; 143 KB
Antique Works of Art from Benin 01.jpg 2,600 × 3,312; 653 KB
Antique Works of Art from Benin 02.jpg 2,600 × 3,232; 547 KB
Antique Works of Art from Benin 03.jpg 2,360 × 3,208; 480 KB
Antique Works of Art from Benin 04.jpg 2,664 × 3,072; 468 KB
Benin Bronze (26501223765).jpg 2,552 × 3,431; 2.78 MB
Benin Bronze expo Eclectique n1.jpg 4,574 × 6,468; 20.59 MB
Benin Bronze expo Eclectique n2.jpg 4,716 × 7,067; 21.24 MB
Benin bronze in Bristol Museum.jpg 1,479 × 1,943; 715 KB
Benin bronze Louvre A97-14-1.jpg 1,610 × 2,150; 1.72 MB
Benin Bronze Weltmuseum1.jpg 2,120 × 2,595; 2.46 MB
Benin Bronze Weltmuseum2.jpg 2,249 × 3,891; 3.52 MB
Benin bronze, Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge, March 2023.jpg 2,882 × 3,303; 1.44 MB
Benin bronzes at Mueum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge.jpg 4,160 × 3,120; 4.2 MB
Benin Bronzes, Horniman Museum 1.jpg 2,179 × 2,809; 4.07 MB
Benin Bronzes, Horniman Museum 2.jpg 2,375 × 3,199; 5.55 MB
Benin Bronzes, Horniman Museum 3.jpg 2,042 × 2,776; 4.46 MB
Benin Bronzes, Horniman Museum 4.jpg 2,149 × 2,671; 4.5 MB
Benin Bronzes, Horniman Museum 5.jpg 1,682 × 2,665; 3.08 MB
Benin Bronzes, Horniman Museum 6.jpg 1,818 × 2,271; 3.01 MB
Benin Bronzes, Horniman Museum 7.jpg 1,943 × 2,412; 3.9 MB
Benin Bronzes, Horniman Museum 8.jpg 2,592 × 3,888; 9.84 MB
Benin Bronzes, Horniman Museum.jpg 2,404 × 3,351; 6.76 MB
Benin Bronzes.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.55 MB
Benin kingdom Louvre A97-4-1.jpg 1,550 × 1,720; 2.65 MB
Benin Pferd und Reiter Museum Rietberg.jpg 2,297 × 3,643; 2.63 MB
Benin plate C.8407.jpg 166 × 326; 23 KB
Benin Porträt König Osemwende Museum Rietberg RAF 601.jpg 2,114 × 3,538; 2.51 MB
Benin Reliefplatte 1 Museum Rietberg.jpg 2,390 × 3,841; 3.88 MB
Benin Reliefplatte 2 Museum Rietberg.jpg 2,827 × 3,832; 4.79 MB
Benin royal shrine head-73.1997.14.1-DSC00308-black.jpg 5,000 × 5,000; 2.39 MB
Benin royal shrine head-73.1997.14.1-DSC00308-white.jpg 5,000 × 5,000; 2.4 MB
Benin royal shrine head-73.1997.14.1-DSC00309-black.jpg 5,000 × 5,000; 1.89 MB
Benin royal shrine head-73.1997.14.1-DSC00309-white.jpg 5,000 × 5,000; 1.9 MB
Benin royal shrine head-73.1997.14.1-DSC00312-black.jpg 5,000 × 5,000; 2.79 MB
Benin royal shrine head-73.1997.14.1-DSC00312-white.jpg 5,000 × 5,000; 2.79 MB
Benin royal shrine head-73.1997.14.1-DSC00313-black.jpg 5,000 × 5,000; 3.16 MB
Benin royal shrine head-73.1997.14.1-DSC00313-white.jpg 5,000 × 5,000; 3.17 MB
Benin sculpture-73.1997.4.1-DSC00316-black.jpg 5,000 × 5,000; 2.82 MB
Benin sculpture-73.1997.4.1-DSC00316-white.jpg 5,000 × 5,000; 2.84 MB
Benin, acquamanile a forma di leopardo, XVIII sec.JPG 2,460 × 1,752; 2.09 MB
Benin, campanaccio da altare, XVIII sec.JPG 1,501 × 1,983; 1.83 MB
Benin, cavaliere, 16mo secolo.JPG 1,676 × 2,508; 2.05 MB
Benin, decorazione con pesci, XVI-XVII sec.JPG 1,084 × 2,332; 1.54 MB
Benin, edo, altare per antenati, 01.jpg 1,916 × 2,228; 3.13 MB
Benin, edo, altare per antenati, 02 testa.jpg 992 × 1,380; 1.25 MB
Benin, edo, altare per antenati, 03 testa.jpg 1,356 × 2,044; 2.23 MB
Benin, edo, altare per antenati, 04 guerriero.jpg 1,140 × 2,892; 2.52 MB
Benin, edo, altare per antenati, 05 testa.jpg 1,228 × 1,756; 2.07 MB
Benin, edo, bracciale in avorio.jpg 1,592 × 1,132; 1.56 MB
Benin, edo, bracciale.jpg 1,446 × 1,770; 1.83 MB
Benin, edo, braccialetto.jpg 1,364 × 1,128; 941 KB
Benin, edo, chiave con catena e piccole protomi umane.jpg 2,872 × 712; 1.28 MB
Benin, edo, figura di un capo.jpg 1,494 × 3,096; 2.88 MB
Benin, edo, figura di un oba.jpg 964 × 1,780; 1.11 MB
Benin, edo, figurina in lega di rame.jpg 1,296 × 2,502; 1.65 MB
Benin, edo, maschera da applicaee sul fianco sinistro.jpg 1,064 × 1,520; 1.15 MB
Benin, edo, maschere applicate sul fianco sinistro.jpg 3,036 × 1,620; 2.68 MB
Benin, edo, placca con testa di leopardo.jpg 824 × 1,356; 733 KB
Benin, edo, rilievo con guerriero armato, 01.jpg 1,416 × 2,874; 2.88 MB
Benin, edo, rilievo con guerriero armato, 02.jpg 1,368 × 2,874; 2.59 MB
Benin, edo, rilievo con guerriero.jpg 1,704 × 2,328; 3.28 MB
Benin, edo, rilievo con oba tra due sostenitori.jpg 1,500 × 1,916; 2.17 MB
Benin, edo, rilievo con serpenti.jpg 1,614 × 2,508; 2.19 MB
Benin, edo, scettro con insegna.jpg 696 × 2,350; 1.01 MB
Benin, edo, spada cerimoniale.jpg 822 × 3,306; 1.72 MB
Benin, edo, tacchino in lega di rame.jpg 1,530 × 2,244; 2.09 MB
Benin, edo, testa di antenato reale oba da altare, 1500-1897 ca., 01.jpg 1,506 × 2,784; 2.43 MB
Benin, edo, testa di antenato reale oba da altare, 1500-1897 ca., 02 regina madre.jpg 1,638 × 2,154; 2.1 MB
Benin, edo, testa di antenato reale oba da altare, 1500-1897 ca., 03.jpg 1,512 × 2,856; 2.43 MB
Benin, edo, testa di regina madre in lega di rame.jpg 1,266 × 2,063; 1.37 MB
Benin, figurina di leopardo, bronzo, XVIII-XIX sec.JPG 1,501 × 1,008; 725 KB
Benin, fon, abomey, altarino di metallo, 01.JPG 1,860 × 2,968; 2.79 MB
Benin, fon, abomey, altarino di metallo, 02.JPG 1,696 × 2,920; 2.11 MB
Benin, fon, abomey, altarino di metallo, 03.JPG 1,828 × 2,924; 2.72 MB
Benin, fon, abomey, altarino di metallo, 04.JPG 1,868 × 2,576; 2.2 MB
Benin, fon, abomey, altarino di metallo, 05.JPG 1,780 × 3,000; 2.42 MB
Benin, fon, abomey, altarino di metallo, 06.JPG 1,900 × 3,068; 3.06 MB
Benin, fon, abomey.JPG 1,036 × 3,264; 1.48 MB
Benin, placca con capitano, XVI-XVII sec.JPG 1,393 × 1,533; 1.17 MB
Benin, placca con due cacciatori con leopardi, 1650-1700 ca.JPG 1,498 × 2,034; 1.61 MB
Benin, placca con due dignitari, XVI-XVII sec.JPG 1,450 × 1,920; 1.61 MB
Benin, placca con generale, XVI-XVII sec.JPG 814 × 1,572; 705 KB
Benin, placca con portoghese stilizzato, 1500-1700.JPG 836 × 2,148; 757 KB
Benin, placca con sacerdote.jpg 2,028 × 4,181; 4.67 MB
Benin, placca con tre guerrieri, XVI-XVII sec.JPG 1,600 × 1,848; 1.86 MB
Benin, placca, 1500-1700.JPG 1,936 × 2,460; 2.64 MB
Benin, portoghese con balestra, 1650 ca.JPG 1,076 × 1,748; 850 KB
Benin, portoghese, XVI-XVII sec.JPG 1,498 × 1,953; 1.85 MB
Benin, regno del benin, guardiani del palazzo.JPG 1,494 × 1,758; 1.9 MB
Benin, regno del benin, guerrieri.JPG 1,728 × 2,094; 2.54 MB
Benin, regno del benin, messaggero del re 01.JPG 1,560 × 2,528; 2.82 MB
Benin, statuetta di soldato portoghese, XVI-XVII sec.JPG 1,181 × 2,975; 1.47 MB
Benin, testa base, XVII-XVII sec.JPG 997 × 1,923; 910 KB
Benin, testa commemorativa di madre reale lyoba, 1800-1850 ca.JPG 1,108 × 2,684; 1.47 MB
Benin, testa commemorativa di re oba, fine XVIII sec.JPG 1,003 × 1,452; 888 KB
Benin, testa commemorativa in bronzo, XVI-XVII sec.JPG 1,088 × 2,568; 1.03 MB
Benin, testa commemorativa oba, XIX sec.JPG 1,372 × 2,636; 1.59 MB
Benin, testa di antenato reale uhunmwun elao, 1850-1900 ca..JPG 1,782 × 3,474; 2.72 MB
Benin, testa di antenato reale uhunmwun elao, fine del xviii sec.JPG 1,932 × 3,377; 2.74 MB
Benin, testa di leopardo, bronzo, XVII-XVIII sec.JPG 1,288 × 1,896; 1.41 MB
Benin, testa plastica, fine XIV-inizio XVI sec.JPG 1,204 × 1,587; 992 KB
Benin-nigeria, figura di fante, 16-17mo sec..JPG 820 × 2,484; 1.23 MB
Benin-nigeria, figura di un soldato portoghese, 18mo secolo.JPG 1,108 × 2,024; 960 KB
Benin-nigeria, figura, 16mo secolo.JPG 992 × 2,396; 1.32 MB
BeninIdol.JPG 866 × 1,260; 292 KB
BLW Oba Orhogbua, 1550-1578 A.D. - Nigeria (cropped).jpg 2,771 × 3,529; 2.06 MB
BLW Oba Orhogbua, 1550-1578 A.D. - Nigeria.jpg 2,848 × 3,979; 2.3 MB
Bracelet MET DT7604.jpg 2,000 × 1,600; 1.95 MB
Brasile, ibeji in stile tradizionale yoruba, xix sec..JPG 1,632 × 2,004; 2.07 MB
Brass Leopard from the Kingdom of Benin in the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.jpg 4,226 × 3,154; 5.44 MB
Bristol Museum Benin Bronzes interactive display.jpg 2,500 × 1,674; 386 KB
British Museum Room 25 Costume mask Benin 16th century 1 17022019 5138.jpg 2,235 × 2,784; 4.85 MB
British Museum Room 25 Costume mask Benin 16th century 2 17022019 5143.jpg 2,601 × 3,562; 7.9 MB
British Museum Room 25 Head of an Oba 19th century 17022019 5122.jpg 2,482 × 4,333; 7.29 MB
British Museum Room 25 Head Osun worship Benin 17022019 5127.jpg 2,017 × 2,854; 2.4 MB
Bronze Figure of Portuguese Soldier.jpg 600 × 600; 84 KB
Bronze head of a girl wearing coral-bead head-dress. Benin, West Africa.jpg 928 × 2,404; 350 KB
Bronze Leopards from Benin (26475275146).jpg 2,710 × 3,644; 3.62 MB
Bronze Leopards from Benin - Nigeria (25898390763).jpg 3,261 × 2,737; 2.46 MB
Bronzen beeld op plaat uit Benin, RP-F-00-9667.jpg 2,666 × 3,516; 1.01 MB
Bronzen beeld van een dier, mogelijk een luipaard uit Benin, RP-F-00-9657.jpg 2,734 × 3,632; 1.02 MB
Bronzen beeld van een figuur uit Benin, RP-F-00-9668.jpg 2,564 × 3,560; 877 KB
Bronzen beeld van een haan uit Benin, RP-F-00-9669.jpg 2,632 × 3,560; 1.02 MB
Bronzen beeld van een hoofd uit Benin, RP-F-00-9656.jpg 2,780 × 3,642; 1,017 KB
Bronzen beeld van een kop uit Benin, RP-F-00-9660.jpg 2,638 × 3,502; 999 KB
Bronzen beeld van een kop uit Benin, RP-F-00-9661.jpg 2,682 × 3,560; 997 KB
Bronzen beeld van een krijger, RP-F-00-9663.jpg 2,490 × 3,370; 843 KB
Bronzen beeld van krijger uit Benin, RP-F-00-9658.jpg 2,640 × 3,542; 1.09 MB
Bronzen beeld van krijger uit Benin, RP-F-00-9659.jpg 2,730 × 3,598; 1.09 MB
Brooklyn Museum 56.6.74 Plaque.jpg 1,202 × 1,536; 353 KB
Cabeza de personaje. Antiguo Reino de Benín.jpg 745 × 960; 135 KB
Cabeza de personaje. Benín. Cultura Benín. siglo XIV – siglo XVI.jpg 711 × 916; 168 KB
Clapper, possibly 1880s, brass, Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Benin kingdom, Edo people.jpg 2,240 × 2,456; 872 KB
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Bronzen plaat paleisversiering met als centrale figuur een hofdignitaris TMnr 1772-2018.jpg 691 × 700; 350 KB
Commemorative head of an oba (king), Edo people, Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, 1700s, copper alloy - National Museum of Natural History, United States - DSC00421.jpg 3,281 × 4,598; 5.94 MB
Display of Benin bronzes at Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge, March 2022.jpg 3,120 × 4,160; 4.2 MB
Drie bronzen beelden op een voetstuk uit Benin, RP-F-00-9665.jpg 2,534 × 3,398; 806 KB
Drie bronzen beelden uit Benin, RP-F-00-9666.jpg 2,676 × 3,556; 1.09 MB
Edo altar stand.jpg 853 × 1,280; 377 KB
Edo gong.jpg 853 × 1,280; 217 KB
Edo mask.jpg 853 × 1,280; 249 KB
Edo pendant.jpg 853 × 1,280; 261 KB
EdoKingHead.jpg 853 × 1,280; 304 KB
Elephant trunk, Nigeria, 18th or 19th century - Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München - DSC08428.JPG 3,240 × 4,320; 3.92 MB
Figure of a Horn Blower, Edo people, Benin, Edo state, Nigeria, c. 1504-1550, copper alloy - Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn, NY - DSC08506.JPG 3,520 × 5,279; 3.51 MB
Figure- Seated Portuguese Male MET 1991.17.31.jpeg 1,867 × 2,800; 406 KB
Freiburg and Colonialism exhibition 13.jpg 2,587 × 4,029; 1.52 MB
Gedenkkopf Königinmutter iyoba EthnM IIIC12507.jpg 1,281 × 2,724; 1.66 MB
Girl with leopard, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo people, 1600, bronze or brass - De Young Museum - DSC01034.JPG 3,648 × 5,472; 7.16 MB
Head of an Oba (king), Edo (Nigeria), court of Benin, 16th century AD, mixed copper alloy - Fogg Museum - Harvard University - DSC01862.jpg 3,581 × 4,479; 6.17 MB
Head, possibly mid 1500s or early 1600s, brass, Benin Kingdom, Cleveland Museum of Art.JPG 2,072 × 3,108; 782 KB
High pitched king's roof, from a plaque in the British Museum.jpg 1,225 × 703; 231 KB
Hildesheim, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Kopf eines Herrschers aus Benin.JPG 3,456 × 5,184; 3.74 MB
Katalogseiten collection baud.jpg 1,130 × 829; 400 KB
Königinmutter mit Gefolge (Bini).JPG 1,728 × 1,851; 460 KB
Leopard head hip ornament, Court of Benin, De Young Museum.JPG 1,860 × 2,904; 804 KB
Leopard head hip ornament, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo people, late 18th century, bronze, copper, iron - De Young Museum - DSC01037.JPG 3,508 × 4,914; 4.54 MB
MARKK 11-75-1 Man with Sacrificial Fruit DSC-1153 01.jpg 2,231 × 3,316; 5.2 MB
MARKK 19 Benin Bronze Relief Plaques DSC-1195.jpg 3,886 × 2,834; 7.9 MB
MARKK C 2952 Miscast of a Leopard DSC-1232.jpg 4,272 × 2,848; 8.81 MB
MARKK C 2952 Miscast of a Leopard DSC-1234.jpg 2,848 × 3,846; 7.74 MB
MARKK C18-80-1 Armcuff Ivory Carvers Guild Igbesanmwan DSC-1135 01.jpg 4,272 × 2,848; 8.75 MB
MARKK C2021-22-1 Relief Plaque Idah War Scene DSC-1120.jpg 2,652 × 3,749; 7.45 MB
MARKK C2021-22-1 Relief Plaque Idah War Scene DSC-1121.jpg 2,719 × 4,091; 8.26 MB
MARKK C2021-22-2 DSC-1090.jpg 2,833 × 3,518; 6.95 MB
MARKK C2021-22-33 Commeorative Head of a King DSC-1111.jpg 2,848 × 4,064; 8.25 MB
MARKK C2021-22-33 Commeorative Head of a King DSC-1113.jpg 2,848 × 3,661; 7.35 MB
MARKK C2021-22-33 Commeorative Head of a King DSC-1114.jpg 2,848 × 3,962; 8.21 MB
MARKK C2021-22-33 Commeorative Head of a King DSC-1115.jpg 2,839 × 3,770; 9.19 MB
MARKK C2021-22-33 Commeorative Head of a King DSC-1239.jpg 4,064 × 2,848; 7.54 MB
MARKK C2021-23-1 Return of Looted Coral Regalia to Oba Akenzua II 1938 DSC-1241.jpg 2,769 × 4,059; 9.56 MB
MARKK C2301 Relief Plaque with two Leopard Hunters DSC-1088.jpg 2,848 × 4,085; 8.41 MB
MARKK C2302 Relief Plaque Priest with a Sword DSC-1169.jpg 2,146 × 3,994; 6.39 MB
MARKK C2302 Relief Plaque Priest with a Sword DSC-1173.jpg 2,193 × 4,254; 6.63 MB
MARKK C2304 Portuguese with Musket DSC-1199.jpg 2,490 × 4,272; 7.35 MB
MARKK C2305 Oba with two Dignitaries DSC-1179.jpg 3,108 × 2,494; 5.1 MB
MARKK C2306 Altar Bell with Human Face DSC-1226.jpg 2,662 × 4,133; 7.92 MB
MARKK C2306 Altar Bell with Human Face DSC-1227.jpg 2,553 × 3,850; 6.87 MB
MARKK C2327 Altar Figure of a King DSC-1133.jpg 2,526 × 4,272; 7.75 MB
MARKK C2328 Warrior Chief DSC-1245.jpg 2,686 × 4,115; 7.65 MB
MARKK C2328 Warrior Chief DSC-1246.jpg 2,848 × 4,272; 8.46 MB
MARKK C2328 Warrior Chief DSC-1248.jpg 2,848 × 4,272; 8.23 MB
MARKK C2329 Relief Plaque Diginitary with Attendant DSC-1086.jpg 2,801 × 3,900; 8.03 MB
MARKK C2338 Altar of the Hand of an Iyoba Ikegobo DSC-1255.jpg 2,848 × 3,660; 7.59 MB

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