The Mexican government, on Tuesday, delivered to Nigeria an ancient bronze sculpture seized by customs agents at Mexico City airport. The Nigerian sculpture is of Yoruba origin.
The
sculpture, from the 6th century southwestern Yoruba city of Ile-Ife, shows a
man wearing woven pants and a hat, sitting with his legs crossed and holding an
instrument.
“Specialists
from the National Institute of Anthropology and History determined that it was
a piece of Yoruba origin,” Diego Prieto, head of the agency, told newsmen |||READ
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