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- Title
LE RETOUR DE QUELQUES TÊTES MAORIES ET AUTRES ACTUALITÉS.
- Authors
Rostkowski, Joëlle
- Abstract
The article discusses France's first restitution of an ancient tattooed and mummified Maori warrior head by the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Rouen (Rouen, France), which had been conserved there since 1875, to the Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, on May 9, 2011. The author comments on France's strict and defined heritage law, particularly for public museum collections. The law of May 2010 concerning the Maori warrior head leading to a national process of repatriating tattooed heads and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act are also discussed.
- Subjects
FRANCE; REPATRIATION of human remains; REPATRIATION of cultural property; MAORI (New Zealand people); MUSEUM of New Zealand; MUSEUMS; GOVERNMENT policy; LAW
- Publication
Recherches Amérindiennes au Québec, 2010, Vol 40, Issue 3, p103
- ISSN
0318-4137
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/1009373ar