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Guild of ivory carvers in the Edo State, Nigeria
The Igbesanmwan is a hereditary guild of ivory carvers in the Benin Kingdom, a pre-colonial African state located in present-day Edo State, Nigeria. Members
Igbesanmwan
16th-century ivory artefacts from Benin Kingdom
museums and private collections in Europe. The tusks were created by the Igbesanmwan, a royal ivory carving guild in Benin City. Today, the Benin Altar Tusks
Benin_Altar_Tusk
Name of the Ancient Benin Kingdom
and round leather fan (ezuzu) through the establishment of Onwina and Igbesanmwan, traditional groups of carpenters and carvers. These attributions are
Igodomigodo
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild on display in The Cleveland Museum of Art
Benin_ancestral_altars
Oba of Benin (1804–1816)
of Ogbebo's earliest obligations as Oba would have been to direct the Igbesanmwan ivory carvers to furnish an ancestral altar for Obanosa. In her interpretation
Obanosa
First Iyoba of the Kingdom of Benin
proceed. Oba Akenzua II addressed the immediate need by commissioning the Igbesanmwan ivory-carvers' guild to make two copies for use at FESTAC. Nzegwu interprets
Idia
Oba of Benin (1750–1804)
altar tusks does not appear until later in the eighteenth century. The Igbesanmwan ivory carvers operated within a titled hierarchy and treated altar tusks
Akengbuda
Oba of Benin (Early sixteenth century–c. 1550)
the plaques to the Ebo n'Edo altar and the palace chamber of Ogun. The Igbesanmwan ivory carvers traced the foundation of their guild to a period before
Esigie
Oba of Benin (1816)
Ogbebo's first responsibility as ruler would have been to call on the Igbesanmwan carvers to make tusks for an altar commemorating his father Obanosa.
Ogbebo
Pair of ivory pendant masks from Benin Kingdom
Benin commissioned works from his guild of ivory and wood carvers, the Igbesanmwan. Their works were customized for their ruler, between the material connotations
Benin_ivory_mask
Ogiso of Igodomigodo (c. 1112 – c. 1119)
who also undertook some brass work), Owinna-erhan ('woodworkers'), Igbesanmwan ('carvers'), Owinna-ido ('weavers'), and Esohian ('leatherworkers').
Oduwa
(the ruler) of the Kingdom of Benin to work in a craft guild called the Igbesanmwan, and all lived on the same street in order to easily work together.
African_ivories
American scholar of African art history (1928–2018)
and guild members in Benin City in 1981–82, including the late Ine of Igbesanmwan, Chief David Omoregie. She was granted a Fulbright grant to support her
Barbara_Blackmun
Oba of Benin (r. 1690 or 1700–1712)
works in these materials required royal authorisation and payment. The Igbesanmwan ivory carvers and Igun Eronmwon bronze casters were hereditary guilds
Ewuakpe
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