Nigerian Ife Terracotta

Description:
600 year-old Ife terracotta

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2019
Year Claim Resolved: 2020
Means of Resolution: Action by Respondent's Govt.

Complainant Name: Government of Nigeria
Complainant Nation: Ghana
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Dutch Government (Customs)
Respondent Nation: Netherlands
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Government

Reference Links:

https://naija247news.com/2020/11/27/nigeria-receives-repatriated-600-year-old-ife-tarrecotta/#.X8Kv_LDPyPk

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Editor's Notes:

The image is not of the exact Ife terracotta that was removed from Nigeria but an example of the many types of terracottas stolen during pre-colonial and colonial times. From left to right: male figure dated to 12th-14th century displayed at the Louvre, fragment of head, 1100-1500, Ife, Nigeria; head, 12th-14th century, Kimbell Art Museum. Edited by Janice Kim