BENIN ANCIENT BRONZE ARTIFACTS

BENIN ANCIENT BRONZE ARTIFACTS

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen i m here to sell this Benin bronze artifact and is real and live for sale please i dont want to talk much here but you can kindly contact me for real deal or for more prove which i have before we go into business. Am happy to come across this site and I want the right person to contact me the attachment are photos taken day and night. The treasure is bronze and is available below is the histories of the treasureThe Benin Bronzes (made of brass and bronze) are a group of sculptures which include elaborately decorated cast plaques commemorative heads animal and human figures items of royal regalia and personal ornaments. They were created from at least the 16th century onwards in the West African Kingdom of Benin by specialist guilds working for the royal court of the Oba (king) in Benin City. The Kingdom also supported guilds working in other materials such as ivory leather coral and wood and the term Benin Bronzes is sometimes used to refer to historic objects produced using these other materials.Many pieces were commissioned specifically for the ancestral altars of past Obas and Queen Mothers. They were also used in other rituals to honour the ancestors and to validate the accession of a new Oba. Among the most well-known of the Benin Bronzes are the cast brass plaques which once decorated the Benin royal palace and which provide an important historical record of the Kingdom of Benin. This includes dynastic history as well as social history and insights into its relationships with neighbouring kingdoms states and societies. The Benin Bronzes are preceded by earlier West African cast brass traditions dating back into the medieval period.One element of the history of the Kingdom of Benin represented on the brass plaques and sculptures is the kingdom s early contacts with Europeans. Trade and diplomatic contacts between Benin and Portugal developed on the West African coast from the 15th century. These early connections included Portuguese and Benin emissaries voyaging between the capitals and courts of Benin and Portugal as these two powers negotiated their new relationship.There are over 900 objects from the historic Kingdom of Benin in the British Museum s collection. Over 100 can be seen in a permanent changing display within the Museum s galleries. Objects from Benin are also lent regularly around the world. The British Museum s collections additionally include a range of archival documentation and photographic collections relating to the objects from the Kingdom of Benin and their collection histories.