Sweden returns 39 Benin objects to Nigeria
The objects were formally handed over at a ceremony in Lagos. Six Benin objects will remain in Sweden on a ten-year loan.
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The objects were formally handed over at a ceremony in Lagos. Six Benin objects will remain in Sweden on a ten-year loan.
Sweden formally returned 39 Benin objects to Nigeria at a ceremony in Lagos, The Art Newspaper said. The objects were among the royal and religious objects looted by British forces during a punitive expedition from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, in what is now Nigeria.
An earlier ARTnews account on 5 November said the Swedish government had arranged to return 40 sacred artifacts. The completed handover count is distinct from that earlier figure.
The Benin Bronzes include bronze sculptures, ceremonial objects and ivory carvings held in museums and private collections around the world. Oba Ewuare II, the monarch of Benin, has advocated for their return. He described the effort as years in the making and linked it to the work of his father and grandfather.
Six Benin objects will remain in Sweden on a ten-year loan.
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