On Tuesday, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston announced an agreement with the Mali government to return the two antiquities.
and a repository of UNESCO archeological sites. At the height of its power, the region was renowned for its sophisticated commerce and Islamic scholarship.
Their existence was hardly a revelation, as similar terra-cotta figures discovered elsewhere in West Africa had been in demand by Western collectors for decades prior. But the Djenné-Djenno sculptures became a flashpoint of debates over the right to control and sell African antiquities due to their historical context.
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