West African Vintage Benin Bronze Art – Leopards – Ananse Village

The Benin Bronzes are a group of more than a thousand commemorative metal plaques that decorated the royal palace of the Benin Kingdom in modern-day Nigeria. Collectively, the Bronzes form the best known examples of Benin art, created by the Edo people from the thirteenth century, which also included other sculptures i

Benin Bronze Leopards Pair Edo African Statue/ Ornaments Folk,art Mid Century Vibes Handmade in Nigeria

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Chapter 4.6 Kingdom-based art – The Bright Continent: African Art History

Benin Bronze Leopard

Benin Bronze Leopard

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Benin Leopard sculpture - Bronze - Botanical Boys

Pair of Mid-Century Benin Bronze Leopards

Benin Bronze Royal Leopard

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The leopard is a motif that occurs throughout many of the Benin Bronzes, because it is the animal that symbolizes the Oba (or King) of royal and regal

West African Vintage Bronze Benin Leopard Figures, Pair

Edo artist, Leopard, Edo

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Benin Bronze Leopard