Benin Bronzes Exhibit Bronze Plaque Washington DC United States // WASHINGTON D.C., United States — A bronze relief plaque is displayed within an illuminated red vitrine at the National Museum of African Art's "Benin Bronzes: Ambassadors of the Oba" exhibition. Created by Edo artisans, these intricately cast artifacts were among more than 10,000 cultural objects looted by British colonial forces during the 1897 raid on the Kingdom of Benin. Under the Smithsonian's 2022 ethical returns policy, ownership of 29 such objects was officially transferred to Nigeria's National Commission for Museums a

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