Artists’ Feathers Serving the Conservation In Situ of Archaeological Remains: Timeless Proponents of Modern Debates

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Greeting VIII
4. Preface IX
5. Preface XI
6. The Long Durée of Claims and the Longanimity of Claimants
7. Introduction 23
8. An Early Restitution Request from Oba Akenzua II of Benin: Looted Art and Replicas in Nigeria in the Twentieth Century 27
9. Archaeology in the Neocolonial Era: Why Were Early Calls for the Return of Cultural Objects to Peru and Colombia Ignored? 40
10. Wampum Belts and Potlatch Treasures: North American Repatriation Cases Preceding NAGPRA 50
11. Artists’ Feathers Serving the Conservation In Situ of Archaeological Remains: Timeless Proponents of Modern Debates 63
12. Restitutions before the International Restitution Debate
13. Introduction 69
14. The Political Significance of Elephant War Horns in Kpando: Creation, Confiscation, and Restitution, 1870–1916 74
15. The Return of the Mafue Stone in the 1920s and the Struggle of Its Collector Hans Schomburgk for His Reputation 85
16. Building a Cultural Legacy and a National Memory: The Repatriation of the “Bascom” Bronzes 98
17. Archives and the Decolonization Process in Senegal, 1958–1960 107
18. Repatriation without Ethics: Apathy and Isolationism in the Return of Colonial Collections from UK Museums, 1945–1970 116
19. Claims to the Crac des Chevaliers during the French Mandate and Syrian Independence 125
20. Ancestors, National Heroes, World Heritage
21. Introduction 131
22. Born of Spiritual Obligation: Australian First Nations and the Repatriation of the Ancestral Dead 137
23. The Making of National Relics: The Return of a Throne and a Skull in Colonial Sri Lanka 148
24. Stirring Up a Hornet’s Nest or Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie? Historical Narratives of the Whereabouts of Human Remains from Iringa, Tanzania 159
25. Spotlights
26. Introduction 167
27. Africa and the Restitution of Its Heritage Resources: Why Now? 169
28. Decolonizing Negotiation for the Restitution of Congolese Heritage Acquired during Belgian Colonization 178
29. The “Gomen Affair”: Protesting Against the Trafficking of Kanak Objects 183
30. In Pursuit of Pono: Seeking Justice through the Return of Ancestral Hawaiian Remains and Their Belongings from the Collection of Eduard Arning 186
31. Contributors 195
32. Image Credits 200