The head of a Malagasy king killed by French troops during a colonial-era war has been formally returned to Madagascar.
The handover of King Toera's skull - and those of two other members of his court - took place at a ceremony at the culture ministry in Paris.
The skulls had been brought to France at the end of the 19th Century and stored at the Museum of Natural History in the French capital.
It is the first use of a new law meant to expedite the return of human remains from collections in France.
"These skulls entered the national collections in circumstances that clearly violated human dignity and in a context of colonial violence," French Culture Minister Rachida Dati is quoted by the AFP agency as saying at the ceremony.
