Last Tuesday, The Netherlands signed an agreement with Nigeria to return some 119 Benin Bronzes looted in 1897 ... and an ivory mask made between the 15th and 19th Centuries – ended up in ...

The Netherlands has announced that it will return 119 Benin Bronzes—stolen by British troops ... tusks, and an ivory mask. Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM ...

Despite this, it isn’t all of these statues that are made of bronze. Others were made of figurines, tusks, sculptures of Benin’s rulers, and an ivory mask, formed between the 15th and 19th ...

The return of the Benin Bronzes, looted by British colonial forces in 1897, has become a rallying cry for Nigeria’s cultural restitution movement. Despite promises from Western institutions to ...

LAGOS, - Nigeria's national museum commission will be responsible for retrieving and keeping priceless Benin Bronzes, taking on the task with the assent of the royal ruler appointed sole owner and ...

Boudewijn Bollmann Return of Benin Bronzes, pictured, at Wereldmuseum Leiden. February 21: The Netherlands announced they would return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. “This restitution contributes ...

The Netherlands has agreed to return 119 Benin bronze statues to Nigeria, the Dutch embassy in Abuja announced this week. It becomes the first European nation to do so after Germany.

of the historic kingdom of Benin rightfully owned all returned Benin Bronzes and was responsible for managing all places where the artefacts are kept. Olugbile Holloway, director general of the ...

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