A controversial bronze cockerel has been removed from display at a Cambridge University college after students claimed it had been looted during a 19th century African raid.
Jesus College said the Benin bronze, known as the Okukor, had been taken down from its hall and there would be discussions about its future "including the question of repatriation".
Last month, the students’ union passed a motion calling for the statue to be returned to Nigeria, claiming it was stolen by British forces in a "punitive raid" in 1897.
Their campaign came after the Rhodes Must Fall group at Oxford demanded that Oriel College take down a statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes.
A Jesus College spokeswoman said: "Jesus College acknowledges the contribution made by students in raising the important but complex question of the rightful location of its Benin bronze, in response to which it has permanently removed the Okukor from its hall.
"The college commits to work actively with the wider university and to commit resources to new initiatives with Nigerian heritage and museum authorities to discuss and determine the best future for the Okukor, including the question of repatriation.
"The college strongly endorses the inclusion of students from all relevant communities in such discussion."
According to the British Museum, almost 1,000 bronzes were taken after Benin City in present-day Nigeria was occupied by imperial troops in 1897. Some 900 are now in museums and collections around the world.
The minutes of the student union meeting said Jesus College was bequeathed the Okukor in 1930 by Captain George William Neville, a former British Army officer whose son had been a student there
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