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An official "mask-giving" ceremony will take place in Paris on Monday between representatives of the Geneva-based Barbier-Mueller museum and the Tanzanian museum, under the guidance of the International Council of Museums.
The Barbier-Mueller said in a statement that in 1990, a professor at an Italian university told it that the Makonde mask in its collection could have come from the Tanzanian museum and it informed the council.
The Barbier-Mueller museum, founded in 1977, then began the process for an eventual return of the mask to Tanzania, under certain conditions.
"The return of the Makonde mask is a happy end to more than 20 years of negotiations and efforts by the two parties, with the help of the ICOM," the statement said.
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The Barbier-Mueller said in a statement that in 1990, a professor at an Italian university told it that the Makonde mask in its collection could have come from the Tanzanian museum and it informed the council.
The Barbier-Mueller museum, founded in 1977, then began the process for an eventual return of the mask to Tanzania, under certain conditions.
"The return of the Makonde mask is a happy end to more than 20 years of negotiations and efforts by the two parties, with the help of the ICOM," the statement said.
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