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![African Yoruba Bronze Edan (deity Onile, Male / Female): West Africa, Nigeria and Benin, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of linked human male and female representations, cast in bronze, with loop holes connected with a brass chain](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/337307/182542818_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721691916)
![19th C. Nigerian Brass Tiv Sword w/ Iron Blade: West Africa, Nigeria, Tiv people, ca. late 19th to 20th century CE. A striking Nigerian Tiv sword; the hilt and scabbard covered in brass linear and geometric designs formed via the lost wax technique](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/337307/182542811_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721691916)
![13.25Ct Natural Heated Pinkish Ruby in Lot OT6913: Ksmith Jewels Global Welcome to our auction house, today auction brought to you by Ksmith Jewels Global based in Penang, Malaysia specialize in all kinds of opal and color gemstone both in manufacturi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8690/337194/182475127_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721553565)
![African Yoruba Painted Wood Shango Staff: West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A ceremonial staff known as an Ose Shango featuring a Janiform head - that of the thunder god Shango - as the central element covered in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/335904/181793019_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1720648705)
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![Artifacts looted during colonial period returned to Sri Lanka and Indonesia](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-06-at-12.17.21-PM-1.png)
Artifacts looted during colonial period returned to Sri Lanka and Indonesia
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Two Dutch museums have handed over hundreds of cultural artifacts back to Indonesia and Sri Lanka – from a richly decorated cannon to precious metals and jewelry – that were taken, often by force, in the colonial era. The government announced the planned restitution of 478 “cultural objects” on July […]
![At International African American Museum opening, a reclaiming of sacred ground for enslaved kin](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/130078-Ellis-Creek-Photography-IAAM-0106-Edit-1.jpg)
At International African American Museum opening, a reclaiming of sacred ground for enslaved kin
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – When the International African American Museum opened to the public June 27 in South Carolina, it became a new site of homecoming and pilgrimage for descendants of enslaved Africans whose arrival in the Western Hemisphere began on the docks of the lowcountry coast.
![Black women’s art collective celebrated at Concept Art Gallery sale, Dec. 10](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-29-at-4.01.32-PM-1.png)
Black women’s art collective celebrated at Concept Art Gallery sale, Dec. 10
PITTSBURGH – Concept Art Gallery will present a sale titled Women of Visions Benefit Auction on Saturday, December 10, beginning at 10 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
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Yale hosts 50-year retrospective of Nigerian sculptor
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Yale University Art Gallery has unveiled an exhibition of sculpture by the Nigerian artist Moshood Olusomo Bamigboye (circa 1885–1975), reuniting masterworks housed in collections in the United States, Europe and Nigeria. Bamigboye: A Master Sculptor of the Yoruba Tradition, on view through January 8, 2023, presents a comprehensive examination of […]