Sweden transfers ownership of 39 Benin objects to Nigeria
Sweden’s National Museums of World Culture announced the transfer of ownership of 39 Benin objects to Nigeria’s NCMM, signed in Lagos on 5 November. The objects derive from the 1897 British looting. Six will remain in Sweden on a ten-year loan, so the announcement does not mean all 39 physically returned.
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