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The Tribal Eye
Episode Four
At the turn of the century Europeans refused to believe that the
craftsmen of the Nigerian Kingdom of Benin could have made such
sophisticated and beautiful bronze castings. This program traces the
history of Beni and Yoruba bronzes, and examines the techniques used in
making them, and the results. We see the beautiful and elegant portrait
busts, plaques and standing figures which read as impressive chronicles
of the elaborate court life under the autocratic Obas of Benin.