Question

This technique was developed independently in the Americas, where peoples in Colombia used it to make bells and animal figurines. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ubiquitous casting technique in which a namesake material is used to make a model, a mold is made around the model, and the model is then melted away.
ANSWER: lost wax casting [or lost wax technique; or cire perdue; or investment casting; or precision casting; prompt on wax casting]
[10e] Hundreds of sculptures (emphasize) named for this metal that are from Benin and controversially held in Britain, as well as many Greek statues, were made with lost wax casting.
ANSWER: bronze [accept Benin Bronzes]
[10h] In this ethnic group’s unique “closed-circuit” lost wax casting technique, the casting mold and crucible are connected, reducing oxidation. These people used that technique to make “goldweights” of brass and fertility figurines called akuaba.
ANSWER: Akan people [accept subgroups of the Akan such as Ashanti or Asante or Fante]
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