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Ethiopian Shield Pillaged by British to Be Repatriated

Ethiopian Shield Pillaged by British to Be Repatriated

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines MAQDALA SHIELD REPATRIATION. A 19th-century Maqdala shield pillaged in Ethiopia during the 1868 Battle of Maqdala will be repatriated in November, and displayed at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, reports The Art Newspaper. The Ethiopian government identified the shield as a British army-looted treasure after seeing it come up in an auction, and requested it be restituted from the UK. After a short loan for an exhibit at Ohio’s Toledo Museum of Art ending this month, that is precisely what will happen. The shield “is a symbol of Ethiopia’s history and resilience,” said Ermias Sahle Selassi, grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie and founder of the Royal Ethiopian Trust that negotiated the restitution. During the same 1868 battle, the British army helped themselves to other Ethiopian treasures which remain in UK museums, including ceremonial objects considered holy and weapons, though some have been returned in recent years. Related Articles LEBANON HERITAGE SITES AT RISK. Lebanon’s culture minister has warned that …

170-year-old lizard specimen to be repatriated from Scotland to Jamaica | UK News

170-year-old lizard specimen to be repatriated from Scotland to Jamaica | UK News

A 170-year-old lizard specimen is to be taken back to its Jamaican homeland from Scotland as part of reparatory justice moves. The Jamaican Giant Galliwasp, a species now presumed extinct, is thought to have been collected in the 1850s and became part of the University of Glasgow collections in 1888. A team from the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) will go to Glasgow to retrieve the specimen in what is said to be the first repatriation of a natural history specimen in the Caribbean. Image: Pic: PA It comes after a 2019 memorandum of understanding between the UWI and University of Glasgow (UofG), which aims to foster collaboration in research and education and address the historical legacies of colonialism. Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, vice-chancellor of the UWI, said: “By returning the galliwasp to its rightful place, we take a small but significant step towards laying the foundation for a regional and international discussion on repatriation.” Giant Jamaican galliwasps were last confirmed alive in the 1800s. Their disappearance was …