What is the collection of Benin National Museum?

Benin Museum has a large collection of bronze statues and ivory carvings representing Benin culture, an ancient country in West Africa, such as bronze vessels from the 9th century to10th century. In addition, there are many unearthed cultural relics reflecting the life of ancient Benin, such as pottery sculptures, sacrificial vessels, musical instruments and cast iron devices. One of the oldest cultural relics has a history of more than 2,000 years, such as the head of a red-breasted figure from 500 BC to 200 BC.

The museum mainly collects bronze statues, ivory carvings and pottery statues representing ancient Benin culture, as well as various utensils and unearthed cultural relics reflecting ancient Benin life. Among them,14 ~19th century bronze statues and copper plaques have a high artistic level. There are the building components of Oba Palace, the ancestral temple model of Benin Palace, leopard-print copper pots for ceremonies, wooden altars, divination appliances, headdresses, musical instruments, wooden containers and so on. To show the history and traditional culture of Benin.

When the British colonialists invaded benin city in 1897, they plundered more than 2,000 works of art in ancient Benin. Now, the museum actively collects and enriches the collection, and also buys back the bronze king's head, bronze badges engraved with warriors and attendants, ivory clocks and so on from abroad.

The head of the queen mother of Benin