西方博物始殖民地代的珍藏品＠PEREGRINE科滴

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西方博物始殖民地代的珍藏品

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Europe’s museums are stuffed with imperial plunder

洲的博物塞了帝的掠物

Nov 8th 2021

由“利品：英及青器”(“LOOT: BRITAIN AND THE BENIN BRONZES”)一作者，BARNABY PHILLIPS 撰文

In an act of contrition for crimes committed during the colonial era, German museums are expected to return some of their Benin bronzes to Nigeria in 2022.

在殖民地代期，犯下之罪行的一悔行中。德博物，於2022年，其某些青器奈及利共和。

The bronzes are the thousands of metal castings and ivory sculptures that were taken from the west African kingdom of Benin (today in southern Nigeria, and not to be confused with the neighbouring Republic of Benin) by British troops in 1897.

此些青器是1897年，英西非王(位於今天奈及利共和南部，不要近的共和混淆)走的千件金造物及象牙雕刻品。

They have become emblematic of the increasingly charged debate over colonial loot in Western museums and private collections.

它已成，有在西方博物及私人收藏中，殖民地代之利品，日益遭指的象徵。

Their fame derives both from their exquisite craftsmanship—when they arrived in Europe, critics compared them to objects from ancient Greece or Renaissance Italy—and from the brutal manner in which they were removed by the British from the palace in Benin City.

它的名源自其精湛的工(它抵洲，家它比作，自古希或意大利文期的物品)，及英人它城之殿中，被移走的粗暴方式。

There are more than a thousand Benin bronzes in Germany (curators bought loot from the expedition on the open market), and museums in several German cities have taken a collective decision to start the process of giving them back to Nigeria.

在德有1千多件青器(於公市上，了自征的利品)，於德城市的博物中，已取一，始其奈及利之程的集定。

They have been encouraged by the government, as well as a broad consensus among the main political parties. Nigeria’s ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Tuggar, says ownership must be transferred to his country with no precondition.