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docsteve Inner circle 1831 Posts 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22119146
A quick lesson on Hopi masks and some great photos. Underpinning it, a sad story of oppression and lack of respect - kinda topical still, eh?
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afinemesh Inner circle Senseless gibberish that amounts to 2621 Posts
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Very controversial, indeed!
Doesn't sound fair to me. . .
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The Curator V.I.P. Beware Vampire, I have 3910 Posts
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Not controversial, 30 years ago I bought 2 pipes (Cherokee and Adena culture) sold (among 20 others) by an American museum. They acquired the calumets, then sold them laater and no one never complained.
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KOTAH Inner circle 2290 Posts
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I think it is, and should be seen as controversial. Just because someone hasn't happened to have noticed in certain instances.
That doesn't make the morality aspect of the transaction alright. Not on the part of the purchaser nor the seller, especially a museum. A museum one would think would have the duty tp protect and respect the sacredness of a givenartefact. At least that is my opiion on the matter. Kotah |
Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts
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That article didn't cover the story well, from both sides. The court held that since the masks had already been bought and sold, they had already been converted into commercial property. If the person who made them was really concerned about their sacred character, he would not have sold them.
It's a complicated issue. I have a number of friends who are curators in anthropology museums. One is in charge of a repatriation project. Sometimes, artifacts are demanded by modern tribal entities, even when the items are from tribes who existed long before the current inhabitants of an area. "It's our ancestors" doesn't cut it, in reality. But the politics of the situation make it into another kind of story.
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JAlenS Inner circle Utah 1528 Posts
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On one hand, if indigenous cultures want their artifacts back assuming these cultures are in current existence then IMO they have every right but on the other hand, how would other people experience those cultures in museums without just reading about them? Anc private ownership opens an entirely different can of worms.
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docsteve Inner circle 1831 Posts
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On 2013-04-13 04:04, Trickster 1 wrote: Merci! Pas probleme... :)
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afinemesh Inner circle Senseless gibberish that amounts to 2621 Posts
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On 2013-04-13 15:14, Harley Newman wrote: Well put, Harley!
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