A Delicate Repair

The late Nigerian sculptor Erhabor Emokpae is perhaps best known for his bronze replica of the sixteenth-century ivory mask of Queen Idia, the kingdom of Benin’s premier iyoba, or queen mother. The year was 1977. Nigeria had attained political independence from Britain less than two decades earlier and been through a bitter civil war in […]

随着大批贝宁青铜器从欧美博物馆归还，尼日利亚贝宁城新建的西非艺术博物馆却因王室、州政府与联邦机构之间的归属之争而在预展当天遭抗议并无限期关闭。文章追溯了1897年掠夺史与当代文物归还运动，说明“回家”之后谁来接收、如何展示仍是未解难题。