Shipwrecks Reveal Famous Benin Bronzes Were Forged From German Brass
Among the most controversial artifacts housed in British and American museum , the Benin Bronzes are a appeal of thousands of African artworks created by Nigerian Edo metalsmiths between the 16th and nineteenth centuries . As arguments over thepriceless relics ’ repatriationcontinue , investigator have finally discovered the source of the metal from which the art object were forged . For many years , scholar have surmise that the Benin Bronzes may have been created by fade down brass rings called manilla paper , which were transport to West Africa in huge numbers with the possibility of Portuguese trade in the fifteenth one C ....