Dan Hicks
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So it's a chaotic three-four. They were taken back to London by soldiers and sailors and administrators. Some kept in families over generations, some sold immediately on the open market. And so within weeks, the artworks, items that were royal, sacred, ancestral art, were being bought up in Berlin, in London, in Oxford, and were being put on display. And the message was very clear.
Who was a Liverpool trader and a banker in Lagos who donated this item to Jesus College Cambridge. The reason supposedly was the form of the cockerel or the rooster is an emblem of the college that sits there in the dining hall of Jesus College for decades.
Who was a Liverpool trader and a banker in Lagos who donated this item to Jesus College Cambridge. The reason supposedly was the form of the cockerel or the rooster is an emblem of the college that sits there in the dining hall of Jesus College for decades.
Who was a Liverpool trader and a banker in Lagos who donated this item to Jesus College Cambridge. The reason supposedly was the form of the cockerel or the rooster is an emblem of the college that sits there in the dining hall of Jesus College for decades.
The process of return is not something that is simply about a decision by the British Museum. or by the British government, or by the Metropolitan Museum in New York or whatever. It's about hundreds of institutions and individuals who at the moment are caring for these items and the decisions that they make. It doesn't mean that you can suddenly decolonise the museum. It doesn't work like that.
The process of return is not something that is simply about a decision by the British Museum. or by the British government, or by the Metropolitan Museum in New York or whatever. It's about hundreds of institutions and individuals who at the moment are caring for these items and the decisions that they make. It doesn't mean that you can suddenly decolonise the museum. It doesn't work like that.
The process of return is not something that is simply about a decision by the British Museum. or by the British government, or by the Metropolitan Museum in New York or whatever. It's about hundreds of institutions and individuals who at the moment are caring for these items and the decisions that they make. It doesn't mean that you can suddenly decolonise the museum. It doesn't work like that.
It's case by case. It takes time.
It's case by case. It takes time.
It's case by case. It takes time.