The mokomokai are from the 19th century and were most likely created to meet demand from Europeans. It really annoys me that they refuse our national museum’s request to repatriate them.
I don’t think the British would like it if we had some of their great great grandfathers’ heads.
Including, as the page says, human remains.
The mokomokai are from the 19th century and were most likely created to meet demand from Europeans. It really annoys me that they refuse our national museum’s request to repatriate them.
I don’t think the British would like it if we had some of their great great grandfathers’ heads.