technique until they were able to cast plaques only an eighth-of-an-inch thick, surpassing the art as practiced by Renaissance masters in Europe. Reception One sixteenth-century bronze, depicting the Oba with Europeans, was featured in A History of the World in 100 Objects, a series of radio programmes that started in 2010 as a collaboration between the BBC and the British Museum; it was also published as a book. See also Art of the Kingdom of Benin Edo Museum of West African Art Benin Dialogue Group Looted art Manilla (money) Okukor, a bronze formerly at Jesus College, Cambridge References Notes Footnotes Bibliography Lundén, Staffan (2016). Displaying Loot. The Benin objects and the British Museum. Gotark Series B, Göteborgs Universitet. External links Digital Benin online platform Benin Plaques, Museum number Af1898,0115.23, Collection Online, British Museum Benin art African sculptures in the British Museum Benin City Bronze sculptures Art and cultural repatriation Nigeria–United Kingdom relations Nigeria–United States relations Germany–Nigeria relations Benin Court Art