NewStats: 3,263,166 , 8,179,307 topics. Date: Wednesday, 04 June 2025 at 10:15 PM 4n262

The Mexican government delivered to Nigeria on Tuesday an ancient bronze sculpture seized by customs agents at Mexico City airport as its buyer tried to bring it into this country.

The sculpture, from the 6th century southwestern Yoruba city of 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 a press conference.

“A beautiful bronze piece, and that being of Nigerian heritage, it should return to its home.”

Officials did not offer more details about the sculpture’s exact origins or the circumstances of its confiscation.

“It was also determined that it had been illegally exported,” the Mexican foreign ministry said.

Nigerian Ambassador Aminu Iyawa acknowledged the work of the Mexican authorities in recovering the sculpture.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2020/02/mexico-returns-ancient-sculpture-to-nigeria/amp/

When will they return Abacha loot??

When ooni said ife was the cradle of world civilization people never believed.this sculpture left in the 6 century now we re in 21st century meaning it left ife almost 2000 years ago

Keep it there, it is more safer there than here




Probably one of slaves took it there with her .

It will be re-looted

Nice one

Clearly looks Yoruba.

But there is something fishy about this..
I am not aware of any 6th century collection of Ife art works. It is much more likely to be a 16th century stuff that a sixth century work.

Also bronze work came much later. Around the 6th century, it would have been brass sculpture

I've never read of anytime an artifact was returned or asked to be returned to the South East.
Our white exploiters through the ages couldn't find anything worth stealing there.

SonofDevil:
When ooni said ife was the cradle of world civilization people never believed.this sculpture left in the 6 century now we re in 21st century meaning it left ife almost 2000 years ago

There are civilizations much older than that.

How will this help grow our economy

YORUBA NATION WILL RISE AND SHINE!!!

tartar9:
I've never read of anytime an artifact was returned or asked to be returned to the South East.
Our white exploiters through the ages couldn't find anything worth stealing there.

You want to shake table abi

What do we need all these for?

I'm sure this is not Ori olokun, the bronze head on Obafemi Awolowo University.

The real ori-olokun is somewhere in the UK museum and only a few lover of sculptures have set their eyes on it. One of those few is the Nobel Laurette, Prof. Wole Soyinka.

Corrections:
YORUBA NATION WILL RISE AND SHINE!!!

Na only Jazz and Abacha loot other countries dey give us back.

Britain over to you! When are you returning Benin's own

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The sculpture, from the 6th century southwestern Yoruba city of Ife, shows a man wearing woven pants and a hat, sitting with his legs crossed and holding an instrument

You are Welcome back home after many centuries Baba.........

Baba's Village people right now

Up Amotekun!

SonofDevil:
When ooni said ife was the cradle of world civilization people never believed.this sculpture left in the 6 century now we re in 21st century meaning it left ife almost 2000 years ago

The sculpture, from the 6th century southwestern Yoruba city of Ife,


the date is talking about the city not the sculpture

HajaraIsah1:
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that's possibly benin bronze

Imagine hundreds of those already sold out