Question

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 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 (15[1])Bernard Fagg. (15[2])While searching for Atlantis in this country, Leo (*) Frobenius discovered giant heads crafted using the lost-wax method. (10[1])The heads of merchants and mudfish line the collar of an ivory portrait mask from this country depicting the queen mother Idia. During (-5[1])an 1893 punitive expedition, (-5[2])hundreds of brass plaques were looted from this country, some of which depict rulers named oba. For 10 points, (0[1])the Ile-Ife heads were made in which country from which the British looted the Benin Bronzes? (10[1])■END■ (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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Will Alston1.g4 Test MixtureNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse6415
Amogh KulkarniThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh TutuolaJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz6615
Tejas RajebruhLet's Fighting Love6615
Caleb KendrickJJarylandchamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia8310
Sinecio MoralesSandmännchen im Helikoptermnemonists106-5
Doug SimonsParden the InterruptionNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)110-5
DMAboy's jitches (ft. DMA)protobowling for soup110-5
Arthur Ramsayprotobowling for soupboy's jitches (ft. DMA)1290
OphirmnemonistsSandmännchen im Helikopter14510
Fierro GreyNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)Parden the Interruption1460

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