Lawv tau tsim los ntawm tsawg kawg ntawm xyoo pua 16th mus rau hauv West African Kingdom ntawm Benin, los ntawm cov kws tshwj xeeb ua haujlwm rau lub tsev hais plaub ntawm Oba (tus huab tais) hauv BeninLub Nroog.
Vim li cas Benin Bronzes tau tsim?
Raws li kev kos duab hauv tsev hais plaub, lawv lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb yog txhawm rau qhuas Oba-tus vaj ntxwv los saum ntuj-thiab keeb kwm ntawm nws lub hwj chim imperial lossis hwm Iyoba ntawm Benin (tus poj huab tais niam). Kev kos duab nyob rau hauv lub Nceeg Vaj ntawm Benin coj ntau yam, uas cov tooj liab thiab tooj dag reliefs thiab lub taub hau ntawm vajntxwv thiab poj huab tais niam yog cov paub zoo tshaj plaws.
Leej twg nyiag lub Benin Bronzes?
British troops looted ntau txhiab artworks hu ua lub Benin Bronzes los ntawm lub Nceeg Vaj ntawm Benin, nyob rau hauv niaj hnub Nigeria, nyob rau hauv 1897. Tom qab auctions, ib co ntawm cov bronzes xaus li. nyob rau hauv tsev cia puav pheej thiab private collections thoob teb chaws Europe.
Benin Bronzes tau tsim nyob qhov twg?
Cov haujlwm hu ua Benin Bronzes tau ua ntau dua 600 xyoo hauv lub Nceeg Vaj ntawm Benin - tam sim no nyob rau niaj hnub Nigeria. Txawm hais tias nquag sib tham ua ib pab pawg, lawv cov kev tsim khoom yuav yog nyob ntawm ntau tus neeg ua yeeb yam tsis paub, thiab cov txheej txheem ua haujlwm nyuaj heev.
Vim li cas lub Tsev khaws puav pheej British tsis xa rov qab Benin Bronzes?
Neil Curtis, tus thawj coj ntawm cov tsev khaws puav pheej thiab cov khoom tshwj xeeb ntawm University of Aberdeen, tau hais tias qhov kev txiav txim siab tau tsav los ntawm kev txhawj xeeb txog kev coj ncaj ncees ntawm cov khoom uas - zoo li feem ntau ntawm cov bronzes - pib los ntawm cov tub rog rau txim. Kev sib tw xyoo 1897 thaum cov tub rog Askiv tau tshem tawm lub nroog Benin nyob rau sab qab teb-sab hnub tuaj Nigeria, nyiag ntau txhiab …
