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The artifacts were returned on the 150th anniversary of the day the British Empire looted them from the Asante city of Kumasi.

They include a gold necklace, an ornamental chair, two gold stool ornaments and two bracelets.

US Museum Hands Looted Artefacts Back To Ghana

The returned objects include gold jewelry, an elephant tail whisk and an ornamental chair originally taken from the Asante Kingdom by British forces during a 19th-century conflict.

Museum officials traveled to the city of Kumasi to return the objects on the 150th anniversary of their seizure

The returned objects include gold jewelry, an elephant tail whisk and an ornamental chair originally taken from the Asante Kingdom by British forces during a 19th-century conflict.

Highlights from National Public Radio, The Guardian, Politico and others.

A necklace, an ornamental chair and an elephant tail whisk are among seven royal objects the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) permanently and voluntarily returned to the Asante kingdom in the Asante region of Ghana, where they originated.

Artist Gala Porras-Kim nudges people to think more subtly about the repatriation of ancient objects and the role of institutions as both caretakers and current-day repositories of colonial holdings.

Silvia Forni, who joins from the Royal Ontario Museum, will replace Marla Berns, who retired last year after steering the Fowler for two decades.