Netherlands to Repatriate 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

It’s been described as the single largest return to date of the famous Benin antiquities looted by the British military.

Netherlands to Repatriate 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Left to right: "Worked elephant tusk" (1500–1891), Benin; "Head of a prince (Oba)" (1600-1750), Benin; "Statue of a leopard" (c. 19th century), Benin; and "19th Century Staff with 'bird of prophecy'" (before 1993), Benin (all photos by Boudewijn Bollmann, courtesy Wereldmuseum Leiden)