OzikoroThe Royal Bronze Casters of the Benin Kingdom
The royal bronze casters of the Benin Kingdom constitute one of Africa’s most renowned artistic guilds, whose works commonly called the “Benin Bronzes” stand among the finest examples of precolonial craftsmanship in the world. For centuries, the casters produced brass and bronze plaques, commemorative heads, royal regalia, and ritual objects that documented the political history,…