As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Adam Lindemann opens exhibition of 19th-century African sculpture and contemporary Black ... Lindemann is fascinated by the Urhobo works’ larger-than-life command and unexpected silhouettes.

U.S. museums return African bronzes stolen in 19th century. One of them, a bronze sculpture of a West African king, had been in the collection of a Rhode Island museum for more than 70 years.

A bronze sculpture called the "Head of a King" or "Oba," probably from the 1700s, rests in front of a white background, Dec. 13, 2004, in Providence, R.I. The bronze sculpture, one the Benin ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

The pieces that were stolen by the British in the late 19th century included 29 that the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents voted in June to return, and one object from the National ...

A bronze sculpture of a West African king that had been in the collection of a Rhode Island museum for more than 70 years was among 31 ... U.S. museums return African bronzes stolen in 19th century.

A bronze sculpture of a West African king that had been in the collection of a Rhode Island museum for more than 70 years was among 31 ... US museums return African bronzes stolen in 19th century ...