Exclusive Guardian study finds UK museums hold more than 260,000 items of remains, often in sacrilegious ways. MPs and archaeologists protest: It is a shameful legacy of colonialism.
Palmanova paid USD$17,340 for the object. But when it was sent by Fedex to Melbourne, it was seized under the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act. And now, the High Court found the artefact was subject to forfeiture, because it is protected.
Paul Dailey (Guardian Australian columnist) writes: Bodies and body parts have long been part of collections of imperial plunder over the years – but museums must understand that attitudes have moved on.
