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National Gallery of Art Repatriates Fowl Sculpture to Nigerian National Collections in Joint Ceremony with Smithsonian Institution

“Fowl” Sculpture Nigerian 18th Century, Court of Benin, Fowl, mid 18th century, brass with cast iron supports, overall with base: 52.3 × 18 × 46.9 cm, 30.391 kg (20 9/16 × 7 1/16 × 18 7/16 in., 67 lb.) Kaywin Feldman and Professor Abba Isa Tijani Kaywin Feldman, Director of the National Gallery of Art, and Professor Abba Isa Tijani, Director General of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments. Washington, DC, Oct. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — This morning the National Gallery of A