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Which metals did early Africans use?
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Iron was used in Africa from about 200 BC, and copper from 500 BC. Beautiful statues were a special art form in the Benin Empire (1200-1700 AD) in West Africa. They were cast in bronze or brass. This one shows in detail a hunter returning home. He has an antelope slung over his shoulders with its legs tied.
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