铸铜饰物非洲最高的艺术形式中还包括古代贝宁(即今日尼日利亚境内)工匠的铸铜艺术。铸铜的方法称作蜡漏法,是在公元九世纪由北方通过商路传入西非的。在铸铜过程中,工匠根据自己的设计,先做一个蜡模,然后用湿粘土裹上烘干,蜡水漏掉后模子就形成了。熔化了的铜水或铜锌合金浇铸到模子内 Bronze ornaments The tallest art forms in Africa include the bronze art of artisans in ancient Benin (today in Nigeria). The method of copper casting, known as the wax-slip method, was introduced to West Africa from the north by commercial routes in the ninth century. In the bronze process, the craftsman according to their own design, first make a wax mold, and then wrapped with wet clay drying, wax water leaks after the mold formed. Molten copper water or copper-zinc alloy is cast into the mold