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The Bascom controversy: expropriation and repatriation of Ifẹ̀ bronzes

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Africa, Cambr Uni Press
27 May 2024
RM* 12 Dec 2024

Tomos Llywelyn Evans (William & Mary UNi, USA) describes, how, in 1937–38, the American William R. Bascom conducted research in the sacred Yorùbá city of Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Nigeria. Bascom saw unique copper and copper alloy heads, two of which he acquired and exported to the USA. Bascom’s actions in 1938

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