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HR0211LRB104 12755 LAW 23907 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The Benin Bronzes are a collection of several 

3thousand metal plaques, sculpture heads, jewelry, and other 

4objects that adorned the royal palace of the Oba, or king, of 

5the Benin Kingdom, in what is now Edo State, Nigeria; they were 

6made of brass, leather, wood, and ivory by Edo artists from the 

712th to 19th centuries; and

8 WHEREAS, The Benin Bronzes hold profound spiritual, 

9historical, and cultural significance to the Edo people; 

10however, the 16th to 19th century brass relics hold particular 

11cultural and ethnical significance to heirs, also referred to 

12as descendants, of enslaved captives because this group of 

13relics, referred to as "slave trade Benin Bronzes", were 

14created through the melting and refabrication of metal manilla 

15currency exchanged for their captive ancestors who were sold 

16to European transatlantic slave traders by the Benin Kingdom 

17over a 300-year period; and

18 WHEREAS, During the Punitive Expedition of 1897, the slave 

19trade Benin Bronzes were taken by British forces to cover the 

20cost of a retaliatory war in response to the Benin Kingdom 

21committing a massacre against an unarmed party of 12 British 

22envoys and 250 African porters, which left only a few 

23survivors; and

HR0211- 2 -LRB104 12755 LAW 23907 r

1 WHEREAS, The Benin Bronzes are currently held in various 

2museums and private collections around the world, including 

3one-quarter of the known relics being located in the United 

4States, with the third largest collection in the world, 

5consisting of 393 pieces, being held at the Field Museum in 

6Chicago; while most of the slave trade Benin Bronzes are blood 

7metal bronze