The Tree of Life is a sculpture created by four artists in Mozambique. It was commissioned and then installed in the British Museum in 2005. It was built from the surrender of 600,000 weapons that were converted into art following an initiative started by Bishop Dinis Sengulane.
On display in the British Museum
A close up of the trunk of the tree
A lizard: one of the animals at the base of the tree
Image: Tree Of Life Yellow BM
The Throne of Weapons is a 2002 sculpture created by Cristóvão Canhavato out of disused weapons. It is owned by the British Museum and has been called the Museum's most "eloquent object" and has been shown in a wide variety of ways.
On display in the museum
Detail of the throne's seat
The Throne of Begoro in Ghana in the 1880s