Easter Island

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Opinion
Looted Art and the ‘Universal Museum’: Can 21st-Century Collections Ever Escape Colonialism’s Violent Legacy?

As the Easter Islanders demand that the British Museum return their statue, it’s time to reconsider the meaning of ‘global artworks’

BY Rafia Zakaria |
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Governor of Easter Island Makes Emotional Plea for British Museum to Return Spiritually Important Sculpture

‘We are just a body. You, the British people, have our soul’

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Easter Islanders Demand British Museum Return ‘Stolen’ Moai Statue

The Rapa Nui people believe that repatriation would help close ‘the sad chapter’ of 19th-century looting