Germany returns Indigenous masks to Colombia in colonial reckoning.

Germany has returned two wooden "sun masks" made by the Indigenous Kogi people to Colombia, where they are considered sacred. The masks, which date back to the mid-15th century, had been in a Berlin museum's collection for over a century. The decision to restitute them follows several years of contacts between Berlin's museum authority and Colombia, and an official Colombian request last year for their return. The move is part of a wider reappraisal of colonial-era pasts by European nations and museums.