US Museums Return African Bronzes Stolen by British Colonial Forces in the 19th Century
The repatriation is part of a worldwide movement by cultural institutions to return artifacts that were often stolen during colonial warsA bronze sculpture of a West African king that had been in the collection of a Rhode Island museum for more than 70 years was among 31The Benin Bronzes including a piece called the “Head of a King" or “Oba" from the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, were transferred to the Nigerian National Collections during a ceremony at the Smithsonian...
The pieces that were stolen by the British in the late 19th century included 29 that the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents voted in June to return, and one object from the National Gallery of Art, officials said. The repatriation is part of a worldwide movement by cultural institutions to return artifacts that were often stolen during colonial wars. In August, the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London announced that it would transfer a collection of 72 Benin Bronzes to the Nigerian government.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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