The Headlines DRUMMED UP. France has finally repatriated a long-promised looted artifact to the Ivory Coast, known as the “talking drum,” or Djidji Ayokwe, reports Le Monde. In 1916, when French colonial officers learned that the Ivory Coast’s Ebrie tribe used the 10-foot-long wood-sculpted drum to warn of oncoming French soldiers, the latter stole it from them. Eventually, the French brought the drum to Paris, where it made its rounds through several museums, ultimately landing in the Musée du Quai Branly. A special law had to be passed in order to restitute the drum, because it was part of France’s nationally owned, public collection. However, a new bill headed for a vote in France’s lower house aims to avoid having to pass a separate law for every restituted object pertaining to the colonial period. SPANISH SIT-IN. On Friday evening, more than 100 Spanish art professionals held sit-ins in Madrid museums in protest against the country’s unusually high sales tax of 21 percent on artwork, reports El Pais. Gallery owners, artists, and other arts workers sat …