Some of the ancient pieces returned from Germany displayed at the Independence Museum of Namibia in Windhoek on Monday. Photo: AFP
Some of the ancient pieces returned from Germany displayed at the Independence Museum of Namibia in Windhoek on Monday. Photo: AFP
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Germany hands over looted artefacts, including 23 ancient pieces of jewellery, to Namibia – on loan

  • The returned items were taken mostly between the 1860s and the early 1890s. Hundreds of other objects remain in Germany
  • ‘All the artefacts were collected during the Germany colonial era from different Namibian communities,’ said a Museum Association of Namibia spokeswoman

Some of the ancient pieces returned from Germany displayed at the Independence Museum of Namibia in Windhoek on Monday. Photo: AFP
Some of the ancient pieces returned from Germany displayed at the Independence Museum of Namibia in Windhoek on Monday. Photo: AFP
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