National Museums Northern Ireland has held a ceremony to return human remains and other sacred objects to Hawaii.
The museum had recently identified some items stolen from other countries or connected to the slave trade among its collections.National Museums NI has also recently begun a project to trace how it obtained around 4,500 items collected from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania in the 19th and early 20th centuries.'Remains of our ancestors'
Representatives from the Office then travelled to Belfast, where National Museums NI held a ceremony at the Ulster Museum to return two separate human remains including a skull, and five sacred objects.Mana Kaleilani Caceres was one of four representatives from Hawaii who travelled to Belfast, and he told BBC News NI that the repatriation was highly significant.
"So, me and the team are able to stand in the shoes of our ancestors and re-establish that bond that was severed when they were taken away.
British Museum next.😢
Anyone know what happened to that spear tip made out of Capt Cook's thigh bone?
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