Picture shows the Hip mask, from the Kingdom of Benin, undated. Eight Swiss museums are a part of the Benin Initiative Switzerland, to research the origin of their holdings from Kingdom of Benin.
Note: Licensed photo. (Museum Rietberg, Rainer Wolfsberger/Newsflash)
Copyrights: Museum Rietberg, Rainer Wolfsberger/Newsflash
03 February 2023
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Over half of the artefacts from the former African Kingdom of Benin that are exhibited in Switzerland ended up there after they were stolen by British soldiers in the 19th century according to new research. An 18-month-long provenance probe carried out by eight Swiss museums found proof...