| The skill of metal workers in West Africa - such as those that produced the famous lost wax method bronzes of Ife and Benin in Nigeria, and the goldsmiths of Ghana - astonished early colonial explorers. Contemporary artisans continue to produce traditional forms from traditional materials, as well as purely modern items from modern materials such as recycled forty-four gallon drums and wire. |
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