Craft That Destroys to Create
The lost-wax method consumes each original in the casting — every plaque is a unique, unrepeatable impression in brass.
The lost-wax method consumes each original in the casting — every plaque is a unique, unrepeatable impression in brass.
Over four hundred panels once covered the palace pillars — the Oba, attendants, warriors, and traders rendered in dense relief.
Coral bead collars mark divine kingship; carved ivory tusks channel ancestral power — each layer of regalia holds specific rank.
The expedition dispersed thousands of works across European collections — each return restores a fragment of court record.