In this country, Charles Thurstan Shaw unearthed a sculpture of a vase surrounded by imitation ropework alongside artifacts depicting humans with scarification known as ichi. It’s not the Netherlands, but a Neolithic Scots pine dugout canoe from Dufuna in this country is the second-oldest known boat. This country’s sites of Taruga and Samun Dukiya characterize a culture known for clay sculptures with triangular eyes and perforated pupils. Walls called Sungbo’s Eredo surrounded this country’s Ijebu Kingdom, whose founder hailed from a city known for sculpting grooved heads cast using the lost-wax method. Kings known as ézè (“ay-zay”) ruled an ethnic group in this modern-day country, whose attempted secession was opposed by Yakubu Gowon. For 10 points, the iron-smelting Nok culture was from what country, whose Ife Empire was founded by the Yoruba? ■END■
ANSWER: Nigeria [or Federal Republic of Nigeria or Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya or Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà or Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Ìjọba Àpapọ̀ ilẹ̀ Nàìjíríà or Fediral Repoblik of Naijá] (The first clue refers to Igbo-Ukwu.)
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