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An artist from this country sculpted a larger-than-life statue of Elizabeth II placing her hands on her lap. That artist from this country painted a portrait (15[1])of a princess in a blue dress wearing a turban that was considered lost until being discovered in a London flat in 2017. A culture in this country that sculpted hollow, terracotta figures with triangular eyes was described by Bernard Fagg. (15[2])While searching for Atlantis in this country, Leo (*) Frobenius discovered giant heads crafted using the lost-wax method. (-5[1])The heads of merchants and mudfish line the collar of an ivory portrait mask from this country depicting (-5[1])the queen mother Idia. During (-5[1])an 1893 punitive expedition, hundreds of brass (0[1])plaques were looted from this country, some of which depict rulers named oba. For 10 points, the Ile-Ife heads were made in which country from which the British looted the Benin Bronzes? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Federal Republic of Nigeria (The unnamed artist is Ben Enwonwu, and his painting of the princess is Tutu.)
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