Cultural Restitution
February 6, 2023
INDONESIA
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REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
Updated August 2023
Below is a schedule of successful restitutions made to Indonesia, together with other
restitution news. Entries are updated regularly.
August 2023
Experts query the readiness and safety of returning artefacts from The Netherlands amid fears of heists and lax museum security
January 2022
A Dutch non-profit foundation has returned a fifth cultural artefact, a tombak (spear), to Puri Klungkung (the palace of Klungkung) in Bali
More News
Explaining why a looted artefact should be returned to its country or community of origin can sometimes be straightforward. But explaining how is altogether different
A unique shell necklace believed to originate from the Bass Strait islands has been returned by The Hunterian collection to representatives from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) who travelled to Glasgow to carry it home
Laying Ancestors to Rest pulls no punches. The recommendations made in a new policy brief published by the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations (APPG-AR) include making the sale of human remains illegal and putting an end to the public display of ancestral remains