Uqweqwe olunomxholo othi 'Igosa Lenkundla Elincinane,' ngenkulungwane ye-16-17, abantu base-Edo.IMyuziyam yeMetropolitan yoBugcisa / uLuntu lweNdawo NgoLwesithathu, iMetropolitan Museum of Art ibhengeze ukuba izakubuya nezimbini Amacwecwe obhedu enkulungwane ye-16 , UMphathi oyiNtloko kwaye Igosa leNkundla eNcinci , nakwinkulungwane ye-14 icwecwe lobhedu, INtloko yeIu , eNigeria; Izinto zokuqala ezimbini zezodidi lweBenin Bronzes, izinto zakudala ezaziphangiwe ngumkhosi wase-Bhritane kumakhulu eminyaka eyadlulayo kubukumkani bangaphambili baseBenin. Izinto zakudala zisasazeke kude kwaye zibanzi kwaye ziye zangumngqokelela weemyuziyam ezahlukeneyo, ezinye zazo zisandula ukuzibophelela ekubuyiseni iiBronzes. I-Humboldt yeForam yaseBerlin ilandela ukubuya kweBenin Bronzes, ngelixa izicwangciso zemyuziyam zaseParaan Quai ze-Branly zokwenza okufanayo ziye zaxakaniseka.
IMyuziyam yoBugcisa beMetropolitan yafumana iipleyiti zenkulungwane ye-16 kumthengisi wezobugcisa uKlaus Perls ngo-1991, ngelixa into yenkulungwane ye-14 yanikezelwa kumyuziyam kutshanje ngu umqokeleli owahlukileyo . Ingqokelela yePerls awayinikela kumyuziyam inezinto ezili-153 zizonke, kubandakanya izixhobo zomculo, iimaski kunye nobucwebe obucokisekileyo.
UMet uchulumancile ukuba uqalile ukubuyisa le misebenzi kwaye uzibophelele elubala nasekuqokeleleni izinto zenkcubeko, iMetropolitan Museum of Art. yatsho kwingxelo . Phambi kokuba uqokelele ingqokelela yeMet, iipleyiti ezimbini zichithe ixesha kuqokelelo lweMyuziyam yaseBritane kunye neMyuziyam kaZwelonke eLagos. Nangona bengazange baphinde bangeniswe liZiko loLondolozo lweMbali likaZwelonke, amacwecwe amabini angena kwimakethi yezobugcisa yamazwe ngamazwe ngomhla ongaziwayo naphantsi kweemeko ezingacacanga kwaye ekugqibeleni afunyanwa ngumqokeleli waseNew York, ingxelo kaMet yaqhubeka.
Lilonke, iMet inezinto ezimalunga ne-160 ezivela kwisiXeko saseBenin kwingqokelela yayo, kodwa izinto ezikhethwe liziko ukuba zibe ngumdikoni ekugqibeleni ihanjiswe ku-Abba Isa Tijani, umlawuli jikelele weKhomishini yeSizwe yaseNigeria yeeMyuziyam kunye neeMonument.
