The Netherlands and Nigeria signed agreements returning 113 Benin bronzes from the Dutch state collection, alongside six from Rotterdam. The transfer addressed objects looted during the 1897 British attack. Ownership restoration was distinct from physical shipment, with some objects subsequently remaining on loan.
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Signing ownership-transfer agreements proves every Benin bronze physically left the Netherlands that day.
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Ownership and physical shipment are separate. Later arrangements also allowed some objects to remain on loan.