Oxford’s Hidden £600K Ezza Crown: Exposing Colonial Loot

Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum still holds a brass and ivory crown taken from the Kingdom of Ezza in 1905. New archival evidence shows British forces burned central shrines and seized over 240 ritual objects. Major Ralph Moor’s 1905 reports reveal orders to destroy the Amana shrine and loot lead mines at Enyigba. Field diaries confirm 200+ items—including the Ikenga Ezekuna male figure and Queen Mgbafor Nnele’s crown—were shipped to Lokoja then London. These objects later featured in international arbitration to legitimize British occupation. Today their real value lies in the heritage of the Ezekuna federation. Ezza sons and daughters: comment your clan number (1–12) below. We need every clan’s support to demand the museum return crown 1909.20.1 within seven days.

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