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  • Netherlands returns recovered Ife terracotta head to Nigeria

    Netherlands returns recovered Ife terracotta head to Nigeria

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    Bayo Millz
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    The government of the Netherlands has returned a unique terracotta head to the Nigerian Embassy in the Netherlands in compliance with the 1970 UNESCO Convention of prohibiting and preventing illicit import, export of cultural property. The unique and rare terracotta head, believed to be from Ile-Ife in Nigeria, was intercepted by Dutch Customs at Schiphol…