A mask bought in 2011 by the Rietberg Museum in Zurich: even a decade ago, the fact of it having been looted in 1897 was mainly viewed as a sign of its authenticity.
Museum Rietberg Zürich
This sculpture of an “Oba”, or a King from the Kingdom of Benin, was looted in 1897 and bought by the Museum of Cultures in Basel in 1899.
Museum Der Kulturen Basel / Omar Lemke
A 19th-century snake figure, looted in 1893 and sold by W.D. Webster to the Museum of Cultures in Basel.
Museum der Kulturen Basel / Omar Lemke
An 18th-century figure, looted in 1893, and which is now in Basel’s Museum of Cultures.
Museum der Kulturen Basel / Omar Lemke
An altar bell, probably looted in 1893, and bought in 1958 by the Musée d’ethnographie in Geneva.
Musée d'ethnographie de la Ville de Genève
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