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About this collection

1102 records

Audiovisual

Dahomey

By
Mati Diop
Date
2024

Publication

Moai kava kava

By
Paula Rossetti, Leo Pakarati, Ana María Arredondo
By
Paradise Garden Productions and the Restitution Art Lab team
Date
2022

Audiovisual

TAKE

By
Victoria Hunt in collaboration with Margot Nash
Date
2019

More information

Another way to think about stolen ancestors and artefacts

Each entity retains the classification assigned by the museum that holds it: this is part of its history. Together with Rapa Nui collaborators, we are also developing our own classification, rooted in the mana, relationships and responsibilities that each entity sustains with its people and territory.

The Rapa Nui concepts shaping this database

We work with two levels of knowledge: the object type — what a moai, a ta'oa, an ivi tupuna or a moai kavakava is — and the individual object — the history of each piece. These allow new generations to reconnect with the meaning of what was stolen.