Three US museums transfer ownership of 31 Benin works to Nigeria
At a Washington ceremony, ownership of 31 works looted from Benin City in 1897 was transferred to Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments: 29 from the Smithsonian, one from RISD Museum and one from the National Gallery of Art. The announcement confirms legal transfer, rather than physical shipment of all 31 objects to Nigeria.
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