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Recovery of British Museum artefacts under way, says George Osborne (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] BadAdvice 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How long does an artifact need to be in a British museum for it to lose its own provenance and simply become "British museum artefact"? I feel like this is extra spicy cultural appropriation

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

It is also extra ironic, because one of the arguments for not giving artifacts back to their home countries is "They can't handle and store them properly."